Hospital performs rare robotic surgery on eight-year-old boy in Vellore

Key Highlights

• The pioneering operation was a masterclass in multidisciplinary collaboration, uniting experts from Paediatric and Cardiac Anaesthesia and Paediatric Cardiothoracic surgeons.
• Adding a global dimension to the procedure, the surgery was live-telementored by Dr.
• Robert Cerfolio, a world-renowned Robotic Thoracic surgeon based in New York.
• Congenital tracheal stenosis is a rare condition (affecting approximately one in 64,500 live births) where a child is born with an abnormally narrow trachea (windpipe).
• Often accompanied by heart defects, the condition can cause life-threatening breathing issues at birth.