Robot-assisted surgery gains ground
Robot-assisted surgery is increasingly common in UK hospitals.
There are now 45 Da Vinci robots in England and Wales - machines that allow surgeons to operate remotely using very small, precise instruments attached to robotic arms.
In the first in a series of special reports on some of the year's most significant medical breakthroughs, the BBC's Victoria Gill went to see a robot-assisted operation at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield.
29 Dec 2014
- From the section Health