The first robot-assisted double heart valve replacement was carried out in the Chennai region of India at Chettinad Health City. This is the first instance of such a procedure using robotic surgery. The surgery was carried out by Dr R. Ravi Kumar, the director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and head of the Robotic Surgery Centre at Chettinad.
References
- "Rare robotic surgery done in city hospital". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05.
- "Chettinad Hospitals doctors use robotic arms to perform surgery". The Hindu. 5 March 2011.
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