In pioneering work, a team led by an Indian American surgeon has successfully performed robotic surgeries in advanced kidney cancer patients.
The team from USC Institute of Urology in Los Angeles performed the lengthy procedure using only seven small incisions and four robotic tools.
Surgery is required when cancer of the kidney causes a level III thrombi or clot that develops in the major vein leading back to the heart.
Generally, this complicated procedure - called inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy - is performed using a large open incision primarily because the vein is often difficult to reach.
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