When it comes to modern medical science and procedure, you know for sure that we have surely come a long way since the Middle Ages, and there is no need to bleed a person for just about any and every ailment. Instead, here we are with word that Italy will host the first robotic liver procedure in the world – on the island of Sicily, to be exact. There will be no direct interaction from a surgeon with the patient, as only a robot alone will remove the donor’s organ. The ISMETT transplant centre in Palermo claimed that the arms of a robot will be the only foreign objects that enter the abdomen of the 44-year-old donor who wants to help save his 46-year-old brother who is suffering from liver cirrhosis. (more…)
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