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Robot operates inside eye in world first

Surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the eye and restore sight – in a world first.

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.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37246995

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