As populations age, robotic organ transplants offer hope
Healthcare Digital October 5, 2023
As life expectancies rise across the world, the need for organ donation increases. In a new healthcare breakthrough, the first robotic liver sparks hope
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH & RC) has successfully performed a robotic liver transplant on a 66 year old man. Robotic organs could mean an end to months-long waiting lists for organ donations and give hope to the growing number of elderly people across the world, whose quality of life can be improved with a healthy organ.
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