A team at Guys and St Thomas did 8 RARP in 10 hours, as spotted on the Twitter feed of from NHSEngland
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Meet the team that performed a record eight robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy operations in under ten hours at @GSTTnhs — the highest number in the UK in one hospital! 🙌
Using two theatres, one surgeon could perform operations back-to-back, minimising turnaround time.
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This pioneering technique meant the team treated more than double the number of patients than usual — incredible!
Mick, one of the eight patients, said: ‘It was great. You could tell the staff were really energised with the concept and keen to do their best.’ Well done team!
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Meet the record-breaking @GSTTnhs team using high intensity theatre (HIT) list surgery to carry out a weeks' worth of operations in one day.
'Name removed' explains how the team does it and the difference it makes to the hospital