Consultant surgeon is leading a campaign to bring the innovative technology to the county.
Mr Battersby said: "Cornwall was one of the pioneers for minimally invasive surgery 20 years ago - but obviously technology has moved on.
"That's what really gives us the additional precision and the ability to give what's called traction and counter-traction, which is really what we need to operate with minimal tissue trauma," he said. Karen Murrish, fundraising manager for Royal Cornwall Hospitals charity, said the initiative was the beginning of the project.
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