{"id":247157,"date":"2016-09-10T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=247157"},"modified":"2016-09-10T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T09:21:09","slug":"robot-operates-inside-eye-in-worlds-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/robot-operates-inside-eye-in-worlds-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot operates inside eye in world’s first"},"content":{"rendered":"
Surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the eye and restore sight – in a world first.<\/p>\n
A team at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital used the device, controlled via a joystick, to remove a membrane one hundredth of a millimetre thick.<\/p>\n
Patient Bill Beaver, 70, a curate in Oxford, said it was “a fairytale”.<\/p>\n
Surgeons hope the procedure will pave the way for more complex eye surgery than is currently possible with the human hand.<\/p>\n
The BBC had exclusive access to the procedure.<\/p>\n
‘I can see’<\/p>\n
Rev Beaver said: “It’s almost the world of fairy tales but it’s true. I’m just fortunate that I’m the first to have it.”<\/p>\n