(via)
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
Recent Comments