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Robot-Assisted Surgery

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports that at the UCLA Medical Center in California, doctors are being assisted in the operating room by robots.

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Award-winning journalist Patti Neighmond is NPR's health policy correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.