KUWAIT, July 16 (KUNA) -- A Kuwaiti team successfully carried out a remote prostatectomy on a patient residing in Al-Sabah medical district, said the Health Ministry on Wednesday.
According to a Health Ministry statement, the procedure -- done on patient in his 50s -- saw the partial removal of his prostate via MEDBOT technology with the team being abroad.
The ministry added that the team was headed by Dr. Saad Al-Dossari, who beamed the remote procedure in details to some 2,500 surgeons partaking in the World Congress of Robotic Surgery in Strasbourg, France.
Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi was also present, it affirmed.
This is the ninth surgery of its kind headed by Dr. Al-Dossari, who previously carried out eight procedures with the last being from Shanghai, China, to a patient in Kuwait, it said. (end) mrv.gta