VCU announces groundbreaking robotic surgery for living liver donors
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has announced the Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center is the first in the world to use robotic surgery that improves the recovery process for living organ donors. According to VCU Health, the robotic surgery is a groundbreaking achievement that sets a new standard for safety, precision and care for living donors. The state-of-the-art da Vinci 5 was used to help surgeons perform the first living donor liver retrieval. Seung Duk Lee, M.D., Ph.D., associate surgical director of living liver donor transplant, performed the center’s first fully robotic-assisted living liver donor surgery in April 2023. The goal since then has been to offer fully robotic operations to every living donor at VCU Health. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)With Seung Duk Lee, M.D., Ph.D., at the controls, the robot’s four arms carry a camera scope and instruments into the body via four small punctures to remove a part of the living donor’s liver. The camera provides magnification of up to 10 times the human eye, pinpointing accuracy and stability in moving tissue and making incisions. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications) Yuzuru Sambommatsu, M.D., a transplant surgeon at VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center, assists at the bedside of the living liver donor. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications) “Living organ donors are the true heroes. It is of the utmost importance that we take every step to make their experience as comfortable as possible. With this robot, we can achieve that goal and save more lives,” said Dr. David Bruno, director of Hume-Lee Transplant Center. The da Vinci 5 reportedly assists surgeons in delivering faster recovery times with minimal incision and reducing discomfort while improving the outcome of living donors. “The da Vinci 5 is truly the future of living donor surgery. Its advanced technology allows us to perform complex procedures with less impact on the donor. With this robot, we’ll see faster recoveries, minimal scarring, and an overall improved experience for our donors,” said Dr. Seung Duk Lee, associate surgical director of living liver donor transplant.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has announced the Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center is the first in the world to use robotic surgery that improves the recovery process for living organ donors.
According to VCU Health, the robotic surgery is a groundbreaking achievement that sets a new standard for safety, precision and care for living donors. The state-of-the-art da Vinci 5 was used to help surgeons perform the first living donor liver retrieval.
Seung Duk Lee, M.D., Ph.D., associate surgical director of living liver donor transplant, performed the center’s first fully robotic-assisted living liver donor surgery in April 2023. The goal since then has been to offer fully robotic operations to every living donor at VCU Health. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)
With Seung Duk Lee, M.D., Ph.D., at the controls, the robot’s four arms carry a camera scope and instruments into the body via four small punctures to remove a part of the living donor’s liver. The camera provides magnification of up to 10 times the human eye, pinpointing accuracy and stability in moving tissue and making incisions. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)
Yuzuru Sambommatsu, M.D., a transplant surgeon at VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center, assists at the bedside of the living liver donor. (Allen Jones, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)
“Living organ donors are the true heroes. It is of the utmost importance that we take every step to make their experience as comfortable as possible. With this robot, we can achieve that goal and save more lives,” said Dr. David Bruno, director of Hume-Lee Transplant Center.
The da Vinci 5 reportedly assists surgeons in delivering faster recovery times with minimal incision and reducing discomfort while improving the outcome of living donors.
“The da Vinci 5 is truly the future of living donor surgery. Its advanced technology allows us to perform complex procedures with less impact on the donor. With this robot, we’ll see faster recoveries, minimal scarring, and an overall improved experience for our donors,” said Dr. Seung Duk Lee, associate surgical director of living liver donor transplant.
