Hong Kong pioneers world-first robotic living-donor liver transplant

Hong Kong doctors have performed the world’s first robotic living-donor liver transplant as part of a pioneering microsurgery programme, researchers have revealed. Sharing results of the clinical trial on Wednesday, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) team said surgeons at Queen Mary Hospital had completed 48 procedures since June 2025, with no long-term or post-operative complications. Microsurgery, which requires surgeons to operate under high-powered magnification on structures as fine as 0....

By Emily Hung