According to the present invention, a remote operation support system
includes a first control system arranged in an operating room, a second
control system arranged in a primary support room, and a third control
system arranged in at least one secondary support room, the first to
third control systems being connected to each other through communication
lines. The first control system has an imaging device for obtaining an
image signal of a patient under operation, a first transmission/reception
device for transmitting the image signal supplied from the imaging device
to the second control system, simultaneously transmitting patient
information regarding the patient under operation to the third control
system, and receiving support information from the second control system,
and a reproduction device for displaying the image signal and reproducing
the support information. On the basis of secondary support information
sent from the third control system and the image signal sent from the
first control system, the second control system generates primary support
information to support an operator in the operating room upon operating,
and then transmits the generated information to the first control system.