One incision to perform complex kidney reconstruction
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 10:36
in Health & Medicine
With a single incision hidden in the navel, surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Centre have successfully removed a cancerous kidney tumour while saving the patient's kidney. The surgical team extracted the tumour through the 3.5 centimetre port then completed the complex task of preserving and reconstructing the kidney. UC San Diego Medical Centre is the second hospital in the world to perform this procedure...