Belgium successfully performed the first heart surgery on a child using a robot

Doctors at Saint-Luc University Hospital (Belgium) have just successfully performed heart surgery on a 13-year-old girl with the assistance of a robot.

Surgeons perform surgery with the help of the Da Vinci robot. (Source: Belga)

This is the first time that a heart surgery on a child has been performed using a robot in Belgium. Previously, the robot has also been used in mitral valve surgery on adults at Saint-Luc Hospital for the past 3 years.

With the help of the Da Vinci robot, surgical intervention can be reduced to a minimum.

According to a statement released by Saint-Luc Hospital on June 15, surgical risks will be reduced when using robots, with less bleeding and a lower risk of post-operative infection, better recovery, and fewer foreign devices being inserted into the body.

The surgeon controls the robot from a keyboard using highly accurate 3D images from the surgical site. Surgical procedures are performed by four robotic arms./.

According to VIETNAM+