Surgeons use 3D technology on patient for first time
An 11-year-old has become the first patient in the country to have kidney surgery using specialist 3D equipment. Libby, from Watchet, Somerset, was suffering from kidney and bladder complications which meant she was often in severe pain. Surgeons were able to operate on her faster and with greater accuracy using 3D technology during keyhole surgery. Hundreds more children across the country could now have faster surgery. One in 200 children are born with stretched kidneys, bu