A Father's Gift, A World First: Six-Year-Old Becomes First Patient to Receive a Liver Transplant Through a Single Robotic Incision

A Father's Gift, A World First: Six-Year-Old Becomes First Patient to Receive a Liver Transplant Through a Single Robotic Incision

After his father donated part of his liver to save him, KFSH successfully performed the world’s first single-port robotic liver transplant on the six-year-old, who had suffered recurrent episodes of acute liver failure, marking a major advance in one of the most delicate and complex areas of paediatric organ transplantation.

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King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

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