Category: Medical Specialties
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Pioneering Robotic Heart Transplant: Patient Back to Hiking Just Months After Surgery
Patient who received first fully robotic heart transplant now hiking months after surgery at Baylor St. Luke’s In a notable milestone for cardiac surgery, surgeons at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center completed the first fully robotic heart transplant. The recipient, Tony Ibarra, had been hospitalized for heart failure in November 2024 and underwent the transplant…
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Trailblazing Recovery: The First Fully Robotic Heart Transplant Patient Takes on Hiking After Surgery
Patient who received first fully robotic heart transplant now hiking months after surgery at Baylor St. Luke’s Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center conducted the first fully robotic heart transplant on Tony Ibarra after heart failure in November 2024. A few months later, he was seen hiking in a national park with a heavy backpack, a…