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World’s first single-port robotic liver donor surgery performed in Saudi Arabia

by Press Room


Riyadh: In an unprecedented medical achievement, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH) in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, has performed the world’s first series of single-port robotic liver resections in living donors, marking a major advance in organ transplantation.

According to a statement issued on Monday, April 6, the procedures were conducted through a single incision not exceeding 3.5 cm, replacing the multiple incisions required in conventional robotic surgery. The approach reduces…

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