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Makary, a former Johns Hopkins University surgeon who wrote bestselling books on healthcare costs and modern medicine’s failures, was confirmed in March.

In hospitals in which the reimbursement rates for appendectomies ran higher, for instance, the surgeons removed more appendixes.

But he was not a tyrant like some surgeons.

On the day he was told his diagnosis he also met with a surgeon and an oncologist to discuss his treatment options.

Prof Grunwald said the experiment demonstrated a robot could be connected to the same catheters and wires a surgeon would normally use, and a medic who is with the patient could simply attach the wires.