A 2024 5G robot surgery crossed 5,000 km for a lung-cancer operation

In July 2024, a surgeon in Shanghai used a 5G-linked robot to perform a right upper lobectomy on a patient more than 5,000 kilometers away in Kashi. The peer-reviewed case report describes one successful operation with an experienced local surgical team ready to intervene, so it is early evidence of feasibility rather than proof that remote lung surgery is broadly safe or scalable.