First robotic-guided heart surgery in UK and Ireland takes place in Galway

Dr Simone Fezzi, Prof Faisal Sharif, and Dr Max Wagener.

Surgeons have carried out the first robotics-guided heart procedure in Ireland or the UK at Galway University Hospitals.

This new technology allows surgeons to use remotely controlled technology to manipulate equipment. It is so precise they can move stents one millimetre at a time during procedures to relieve blockages in arteries of the heart.