For the spacecraft operating mode, see Safe mode (spacecraft). Safe mode is a diagnostic mode of a computer operating system (OS). It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software. Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all problems within an operating system. It is also widely used for removing rogue security software.
Telesurgery, also called remote surgery, is performed by a surgeon at a site removed from the patient. Surgical tasks are directly performed by a robotic system controlled by the surgeon at the remote site. The word telesurgery is derived from the Greek words tele , meaning far off, and cheirourgia , meaning working by hand..
The procedure is usually done in the hospital or outpatient surgical center under general anesthesia (while you are asleep and pain-free). The procedure is performed in the following way: 1  The surgeon makes a small cut (incision) below the belly button (navel). 2  A needle or tube is inserted into the incision.