Knee replacement surgery assisted by robot completed in China's Chengdu

STORY: Knee replacement surgery assisted by robot completed in China's Chengdu DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:38 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: HEALTH/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hospital and experts 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHOU ZONGKE, Chief physician, the West China Hospital of Sichuan University STORYLINE: A knee replacement surgery assisted by a robot for a 73-year-old patient was successfully completed on Sunday at the Fourth People's Hospital of Sichuan in China's Chengdu. It is the country's first successful robot-assisted surgery after the homegrown knee replacement robot came into the market. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHOU ZONGKE, Chief physician, the West China Hospital of Sichuan University "The robot can rehearse the surgery by using AI technology according to the patient's CT result. So, we can know about the difficulties of the surgery and have a better plan before the surgery." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chengdu, China. (XHTV)