Saudi hospital performs world's first fully robotic heart transplant

Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) has performed rather successfully, the world’s first fully robotic heart transplant. This procedure, lasting two and a half hours, was carried out on a 16-year-old boy suffering from end-stage heart failure. The patient had requested a less invasive surgery, specifically asking the medical team not … Read more