Here's an example of telesurgery from over a decade ago:
Transcontinental Robot-Assisted Remote Telesurgery: Feasibility and Potential Applications
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Conclusions
Remote robot-assisted surgery appears feasible and safe. Teletransmission of active surgical manipulations has the potential to ensure availability of surgical expertise in remote locations for difficult or rare operations, and to improve surgical training worldwide.
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They relied on a fast, reliable, dedicated networking connection. To make telesurgery feasible on a larger scale means the whole broadband infrastructure needs to be fast and reliable.