Surgeons Perform World's First Pediatric Robotic Bladder Reconstruction
Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 20:21
in Health & Medicine
A 10-year-old Chicago girl born with an abnormally small bladder that made her incontinent has become the first patient to benefit from a new robotic-assisted bladder-reconstruction procedure. The surgeons have now performed the operation six times, with good results and no significant complications.