Lifeboat Foundation

Circa 2021

Seoul National University Hospital completed a liver transplant procedure using a robot and a laparoscope that left no huge abdominal scars for both the donor and recipient.

Suh Kyung-suk, a professor on the liver transplant team, noted that the new surgical procedure also reduces complications associated with the lungs and scars and shortens the recovery time.

The use of a robot and a laparoscope that allowed a transplant without opening the donor’s abdomen was the world’s first.