Riyadh, April 6 -- In an unprecedented medical achievement, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH) in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, has performed the world's first series of single-port robotic liver resections in living donors, marking a major advance in organ transplantation.

According to a statement issued on Monday, April 6, the procedures were conducted through a single incision not exceeding 3.5 cm, replacing the multiple incisions required in conventional robotic surgery. The approach reduces surgical pain, shortens recovery time and maintains high safety standards.

The milestone is particularly significant for donor safety, as living donors are healthy individuals undergoing complex surgery for the benefit ...