745600login-checkRobotic surgeons successfully complete liver transplant |
By Chad Van Alstin
Surgeons may have to start worrying about machines taking their jobs. A research hospital in Saudi Arabia has just achieved the world’s first fully robotic liver transplant—and the patient survived and is doing fine.
The recipient of this pioneering procedure was a 66-year-old Saudi male who has since recovered and been discharged, according to a statement from the hospital. The transplant was conducted by the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC), which is becoming world famous for its robotic surgeons, who just last year successfully performed delicate brain surgery, albeit with the support of humans.
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745600login-checkRobotic surgeons successfully complete liver transplant |