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FDA Looking at Safety of Robotic Surgery

AP

Amid reports of a handful of “freak incidents,” the Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at the robots that are used to perform soft-tissue surgeries, the Associated Press reports. Many hospitals have spent large sums on the equipment, training and marketing for robotic surgery. 

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