A surgical robot has helped a team at Maidstone Hospital carry out a record number of gallbladder operations in a single day.
The procedure, known as a cholecystectomy, is traditionally carried out with keyhole surgery which usually allows staff to complete five operations a day.
But the surgical team completed the procedure on seven patients thanks to the robot, which was controlled by the surgeon and gave them greater precision
A Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust spokesperson said: “Being able to provide gallbladder surgery to more people, more quickly, means better care for patients, as they experience fewer bouts of inflammation and fewer visits to A&E during flare-ups.”