Robot implants UK woman with frozen ovary tissue

Prof Kutluk Oktay,a New York-based fertility pioneer,agreed to carry out the operation after Leach had a series of consultations with him over the Internet. She was warned that the chances of success are low.

Her ovary was cut open by the robot and the tissue which had been removed and frozen before her chemotherapy treatment was stitched inside. More pieces of tissue which were too small to stitch in were then injected into the other ovary by the pioneering equipment.

She was discharged from hospital within hours of the

procedure.

Prof Kutluk Oktay,who performed the procedure for the first time,told ‘The Sunday Times’: “The robotic arms mimics the movement of the hand but there is much more precision.

“There is no hand tremor – this allows the surgeon to do fine suturing at microscopic levels without having to put patients through invasive surgery.”

The robot has previously been used for carrying out heart operations and treating cancer.

The operation will give new hope to thousands of women around the world who are left infertile after going through chemotherapy,say experts.