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A new surgeon robot was used for the first time in the country during surgery to remove a prostate last Wednesday (4). The so-called Hugo was controlled by urologist Arie Carneiro with the aid of 3D glasses and a series of large screens where his team might follow the procedure, showing the images transmitted live by the cameras attached to the arms of the novelty.

Hugo, in a way, replaces Carneiro’s hands, who controls the robot through controls a few meters away from his sedated patient at Albert Einstein Hospital, in São Paulo.

As described in a report by UOL’s VivaBem portal, in addition to manual control, Hugo offers six pedals, each responsible for different functions, such as dissection. Naturally, Carneiro had to undergo private training, despite already being a specialist in robotic surgery.

Technological advances promise to expand the presence of this type of method in the medical world. It is estimated that, around the world, more than 11,000 surgeries have already been performed with the help of robots. Among the advantages is the reduction of the invasiveness of certain procedures, even though similar models are sold in the range of US$ 2.5 million (regarding R$ 12.5 million).

After debuting in Chile in 2021, Hugo, manufactured by Medtronic, is already used in countries such as England, Germany, Canada, Japan, India and Panama. Recently, it was approved by Anvisa. In the case of the test surgery, the prostate was successfully removed and the patient was discharged the next day.

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Weather of Arabia – Scientists reported, on Monday, that a large glacier in northwest Greenland interacts with the tides in the ocean, which leads to melting that was not known before and a faster rise in sea level, according to a study published by a group of glaciers from the University of California and a laboratory. NASA’s Jet Propulsion in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Monday.

Observations from the Petermann Glacier revealed that the glacier’s seam – the area where the ice sheet begins to connect with the ocean – can change dramatically with the entry of tides each day.

CNN says the traditional view among scientists is that the ground line does not move with the tides, but the new discovery shows another major source of melt that might speed up estimates of sea level rise.

Between 2016 and 2022, warmer tidal cycles melted a 670-foot-high hole in the glacier’s lower side, and this phenomenon might worsen in the coming years and decades as ocean temperatures rise.

CNN recently reported that sea surface temperatures were at their highest levels on record this spring, a rise that scientists have worried may be part of a dangerous new trend.

The study raises further concerns regarding the already alarming prospect of sea level rise, which threatens coastlines around the world.

Melting ice in Greenland is the biggest contributor to sea level rise, according to NASA. Although predictions have accelerated in recent years, current projections do not take into account this newly discovered contribution of subglacial interactions with tidal warming.