BAHAMIAN urologist Dr Greggory Pinto (left) and Bahamian interventional radiologist Dr Mikhail Higgins (below) successfully conducted laparoscopic surgery at Doctors Hospital during a first-time collaboration for the removal of a kidney tumor that was larger than the kidney.
In a post-operative interview with The Tribune yesterday, Dr Pinto said the removal of the tumor on the left kidney of a 56-year-old woman was “minimally invasive”.
Although both Dr Pinto and Dr Higgins have performed this procedure numerous times, the embolisation of the left massive kidney cancerous tumor and partial left nephrectomy was the first of its kind locally. Continue reading “Doctors Collaborate In Groundbreaking Kidney Tumor Operation”
