CHICAGO, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Surgeons in Chicago successfully performed robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery to remove a renal arterial aneurysm and reconstruct the artery.
The patient was being evaluated to donate one of her kidneys to a family member in need of a transplant when physicians diagnosed the rare renal arterial aneurysm, the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago said Tuesday in a release.
A renal arterial aneurysm has traditionally been repaired through open surgery, in which the kidney is removed to access and repair the artery.
Robotic-assisted minimally invasive techniques allow surgeons to leave the kidney in place, clamp selective renal vessels, and maintain blood flow to other vital arteries and organs while repairing the aneurysm, the medical center said.
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