Four kidney transplants in seven days – robotically!
The result speaks for itself: rapid recovery, functioning transplants, discharge after a few days – without complications.
Media release from Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. univ. MBA Robert Öllinger:
Four kidney transplants in seven days – robotically!
What was an exception just a few years ago is increasingly becoming reality in Vienna.
At the Clinical Department of Transplantation of the Medical University of Vienna / the University Hospital AKH, four transplants were performed using the DaVinci system within one week: two after living donation, two after post-mortem organ donation.
The result speaks for itself: rapid recovery, functioning transplants, discharge after a few days – without complications.
The dedicated nursing team led by Natalie Libera and the surgical team led by Jakob Eichelter and Robert Öllinger have the most experience in the German-speaking world and are driving a development that has the potential to sustainably change transplant surgery.
The crucial question is no longer whether robotic transplantation will be performed – but how quickly this method will become more widely established.
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Rector of the Medical University of Vienna, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. univ. Markus Müller says:
"Our new head of transplantation surgery „hits the ground running“ together with his great team Robert Öllinger Natalie Libera Jakob Eichelter".
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