In what is claimed to be a pioneering kidney surgery, an Indian-origin Surgeon has removed the vital organ of a 30-year-old British patient through an incision in her belly button.
Dr Abhay Rane of East Surrey Hospital in Britain used a revolutionary procedure, called Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery, to remove Susie White's kidney in a surgery which has left no visible scars.
Doctors made a hole less than one inch wide in her navel through which they inserted up to three specially made surgical tools that are just a fraction of an inch wide – half the size of standard equipment.
Dr Abhay Rane of East Surrey Hospital in Britain used a revolutionary procedure, called Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery, to remove Susie White's kidney in a surgery which has left no visible scars.
Doctors made a hole less than one inch wide in her navel through which they inserted up to three specially made surgical tools that are just a fraction of an inch wide – half the size of standard equipment.
The kidney, which usually measures up to seven inches long, was then wrapped in a small net bag and broken up while inside her body using a series of tiny blades.
The whole bag containing the reduced organ was then removed through the incision. Ms White was able to return to work three weeks later, half the usual recovery time.
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