EventRoboticsOctober 17, 2026

China completes third robotic arm-assisted heart transplant

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Surgeons at Xi'an Jiaotong University's First Affiliated Hospital operated robotic arms through minimal incisions on a 67-year-old patient on Oct 5, avoiding the >20cm sternum split of conventional transplants. Conventional heart transplants carry 5-10% short-term postoperative mortality, per department director Yan Yang.

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