>>Center In Richmond Performs Country's First Fully Robotic Living Donor Liver Transplant
(Richmond, VA) -- The VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center in Richmond making history as the first fully robotic living donor liver transplant in the United States. Katie Gray reports.Preview: SCRIPT:
The surgery involved using robotic technology to remove part of a healthy liver from a living donor and transplant it into a patient with liver failure. This groundbreaking approach reduces trauma, speeds up recovery, and offers enhanced precision compared to traditional methods. The use of the da Vinci 5 surgical robot allows for smaller incisions, less pain, and faster recovery for both donors and recipients, potentially making living donation a more appealing option for those in need of transplants. WRIC reports that health officials hope that this innovative procedure will inspire other transplant centers to adopt similar techniques.