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The first laparoscopic liver surgery in a child, was performed in Mexico.
Mark Thomas, a pediatric surgeon performed the world’s first laparoscopic liver surgery in a pediatric patient. The procedure was on May 24 at the National Medical Center, La Raza in Mexico City. The patient is 2 years old and has liver cancer, on the postop the patient is doing well.
By now, there aren’t published reports of liver resection in pediatric patients with cancer.
Thomas said: “Only a handful of centers in the world perform the number of specialized laparoscopic liver surgeries that we do in Cincinnati”
Dr. Jon Mikel Iñarritu
Excellent!
Left lobe or right?
Interesting piece. Do you have a link to the original feed. I have been performing laparoscopic surgery as a urologist for 9 years since starting training, but have switched mostly to robotics the last 2. I used to do my partial nephrectomies (removing part of the kidney) laparoscopically but do it all robotically now.
I would think in experienced hands, this operation done robotically would be better.
Dr Savatta
http://www.roboticsurgeryblog.com
thank you for the welcome. nice site you have. i recently entered the medical field myself, as a medical assistant, although currently i am working the front office if an infectious disease clinic. still, i really like the medical field.
i will be back, you can be sure.
kïrstin