Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences claimed on Wednesday that they carried out the world's first robotic surgery to remove a tumour in the bladder which was leading to hypertension in the patient.
Termed medically as bladder pheochromocytome, the tumour is a catecholamine secreting growth of chromaffin cells and gives rise to hypertension.
The patient, 53-year old Ram Chander, had a medical history of high blood pressure and difficulty in passing urine since the last two-and a half years.
After a CT scan, it was found that he had a tumour in the urinary bladder which was giving rise to the back pressure effect on the left ureter and kidney.
Giving details of the surgery, Prof Narmada P Gupta, Head of the Department of Urology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, said a double-J