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How Da Vinci Xi makes surgery safer for patients
An inside view of preparations for an operation using a robot
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With four sleek white arms, each with eight joints, the Da Vinci Xi surgical robot looks straight out of a science fiction movie, ready to do battle with alien creatures.
The 800kg machine dominates the corner of an operating theatre at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital (MNH), where a team of doctors and nurses is taking The Straits Times through a rehearsal for operations using the fourth-generation surgical robot.
