For the first time in the UK, doctors in Middlesbrough have used a Da Vinci robot to remove a tumour from the main airway of a lung and perform delicate stitching during a mimimally invasive lung cancer operation. The robot, which is operated by surgeons at the Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, was able to stitch up an entire lung, including its right bronchus, using only one hand while it was attached to a
For the first time in the UK, doctors in Middlesbrough have used a Da Vinci robot to remove a tumour from the main airway of a lung and perform delicate stitching during a mimimally invasive lung cancer operation. The patient, who found out she had the tumour when she was 14 weeks pregnant, was able to return home within days and could lift and carry her newborn baby, tasks she would have been unable to undertake after conventional surgery.