Mediclinic City Hospital performs first robotic liver resection surgery in Dubai

  • Date: 21-Sep-2020
  • Source: Gulf Today
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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Mediclinic City Hospital performs first robotic liver resection surgery in Dubai

The first ever robotic liver resection surgery in Dubai has been performed at Mediclinic City Hospital.

The surgery was led by Dr. Hemant Vadeyar, Consultant Liver Surgeon at the hospital.

He explains, "The patient, 24 years of age, was found to have a large mass in the liver on her routine ultrasound examination. Subsequent investigations suggested that this was most likely to be a benign mass on the left lobe of the liver."

As with all the other patient cases, this patient case was discussed at the gastrointestinal multi-disciplinary team meeting at Mediclinic City Hospital, a meeting that consists of experts from various disciplines going through patient reports and investigations and identifying a personalised treatment plan for each patient.

Dr. Hemant further adds, "The team agreed that due to the size of the mass