Azerbaijani, Chinese Surgeons Perform Landmark Remote Robot-Assisted Surgery

On October 16, a groundbreaking medical milestone was achieved in Baku as Azerbaijani and Chinese surgeons successfully performed the first-ever remote robot-assisted surgery on a patient with an oncological condition.

The surgery was conducted on the margins of “Robotic Surgery Bridge 2025” under the theme “Technology knows no boundaries: uniting for health,” The Caspian Post reports, citing local media.

The operation was carried out in Baku, while both Azerbaijani and Chinese surgical teams participated remotely through an international technological bridge.

The surgeons used a special robotic surgery system supported by high-speed communication infrastructure, allowing specialists from the two countries to communicate in real time and perform a synchronized robotic surgery on a single patient.

Prior to the operation, Azerbaijani and Chinese representatives delivered speeches. Shamistan Aliyev, PhD, Head of the Oncogynecology Department of the Azerbaijan National Oncology Center, described the surgery as a landmark achievement for Azerbaijani medicine.

Other speakers included Aziz Aliyev, Professor, Leading Surgeon-Oncologist of the Head and Neck Tumors Department at the National Oncology Center, and Rector of the Baku Branch of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; and Pingchuan Wu, Member of the Board of Harbin Sagebot Intelligent Medical Equipment Co. Ltd.