Via Betterhumans...

A new device for removing liver tumours with virtually no blood loss has been used successfully for the first time in America.

The Habib 4X resection device is named after its inventor Professor Nagy Habib...

The revolutionary new device uses radiofrequency energy to 'seal' tissue around a tumour site, allowing the tumour to be removed while preventing blood loss and other complications. The device has enabled surgeons to operate where previously it would have been too risky.

Before use of the device in the UK for the removal of liver tumours, patients often lost up to ten pints of blood during the operation. Now, less than 50ml (an egg-cup full) is lost...

Over 100 patients have been operated on with the new device since October 2004, and none have died or suffered serious illness after the operation...

"The liver is the second commonest site of cancer in the body," comments Professor Habib, "so the potential of the Habib 4X is huge. The first use of the device in America is a significant and exciting milestone..."

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I love it when doctors cure people.