Overview
- Surgeons at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences completed a robotic adrenalectomy for a 70-year-old patient with pheochromocytoma in Islamabad.
- The procedure was led by UK specialists Professors Mateen Sharif and Shamim Khan with PIMS surgeons including Drs. Javed Burki, Atif Inam Shami, Burhan-ul-Haq, and Khalid Saeed.
- The operation used the Chinese-made Toumai platform brought by the UK team, which PIMS says offers force-sensing and telerobotic precision for minimally invasive work.
- Hospital officials report a successful outcome with an expected stabilization of the patient’s blood pressure and a quicker recovery than with conventional surgery.
- PIMS has launched a training workshop for local surgeons and plans to acquire its own robotic system to expand services across public hospitals, with government support noted.