Surgeons perform first-ever dual robotic surgery on patient with lymphedema after breast surgery

The team that performed the operation succesfully: Dr. Schoneveld, Prof. Nistor, Dr. Giunta, Prof. Hamdi. Credit: UZ Brussel UZ Brussel is the first hospital worldwide to perform dual-robot assisted lymphedema surgery. The main advantage of this approach is that it is much less invasive for the patient, resulting in less pain and less time spent in hospital. Moreover, robot-assisted surgery is significantly more accurate than conventional surgery. In so doing, UZ Brussel is building on its expertise in robot-assisted surgical lymphedema treatment after Professor Moustapha Hamdi performed the first-ever robot-assisted Read More