Dr. Luo was seated in the Shanghai Chest Hospital on China's Pacific Coast, while the patient was anesthetised on a bed inside a hospital in Kashgar, Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
The innovative method allowed Luo to transmit his precision and decades of experience instantaneously across three time zones, ushering in an era of telesurgery that may save thousands of lives in rural areas where there is a significant lack of expert medical staff.