Robotic surgeons successfully complete liver transplant

HealthExec October 4, 2023
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.

The patient in this case had been suffering from non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and would require a liver transplant to...

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