{"id":7511,"date":"2026-11-09T12:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/09\/saving-an-organ-with-the-help-of-advanced-technology-in-lviv-the-da-vinci-robot-performed-surgery-on-a-14-year-old-girl-from-zakarpattia\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:14:06","slug":"saving-an-organ-with-the-help-of-advanced-technology-in-lviv-the-da-vinci-robot-performed-surgery-on-a-14-year-old-girl-from-zakarpattia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/09\/saving-an-organ-with-the-help-of-advanced-technology-in-lviv-the-da-vinci-robot-performed-surgery-on-a-14-year-old-girl-from-zakarpattia\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving an organ with the help of advanced technology: In Lviv, the Da Vinci robot performed surgery on a 14-year-old girl from Zakarpattia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Surgeons at St. Nicholas Children\u2019s Hospital successfully removed a pancreatic tumor from a young girl from Zakarpattia without making any open incisions, preserving the organ\u2019s function. The patient has already returned home to recover.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pediatric surgeons in Lviv performed a unique, high-tech procedure, saving the pancreas of a 14-year-old girl from the Zakarpattia region named Viorika. To remove the tumor, doctors used the world-class Da Vinci robotic system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The First Medical Association of Lviv (St. Nicholas Children\u2019s Hospital) reported on the successful surgery and the course of treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accidental Discovery and the Search for a Safe Treatment Method<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cyst in the teenager\u2019s pancreas was discovered entirely by chance during a routine preventive ultrasound examination in Zakarpattia. Doctors in Zakarpattia promptly referred the girl to a specialized surgical center in Lviv:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The mother\u2019s position:<\/strong> Vita\u2019s mother was categorically opposed from the outset to traditional open strip surgery involving large, traumatic incisions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Main risk:<\/strong> Conventional excision of such a section carried the risk of serious damage to healthy pancreatic tissue, which could have led to the development of diabetes and disability for the young girl in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A three-hour precision procedure using the Da Vinci system<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The surgical team decided to perform a minimally invasive resection using the Da Vinci robotic system, which allows for maneuvers with microscopic precision through several tiny incisions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Precision surgery:<\/strong> as noted by Andriy Dvorakevych, head of the Surgery Center at St. Nicholas Hospital, ultra-precise microinstruments and 3D magnification allowed the team to delicately separate the benign tumor from the surrounding blood vessels and tissues;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Organ preservation:<\/strong> The procedure lasted about three hours. The doctors managed to remove the tumor without damaging the pancreas itself;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rapid recovery:<\/strong> Thanks to the absence of significant surgical trauma, the postoperative period proceeded without complications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, 14-year-old Viorika has been discharged from the hospital and is at home in Zakarpattia with her family, awaiting the final results of the histological examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/1tmo.lviv.ua\/likarnya-svyatogo-mykolaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/1tmo.lviv.ua\/likarnya-svyatogo-mykolaya\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">St. Nicholas Children\u2019s Hospital of the First Medical Association of Lviv.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"7509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/896425906_1169399159360010_5652460517745778088_n-1024x753.webp\" alt=\"Saving an organ with the help of advanced technology: In Lviv, the Da Vinci robot performed surgery on a 14-year-old girl from Zakarpattia\" class=\"wp-image-7509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/896425906_1169399159360010_5652460517745778088_n-1024x753.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/896425906_1169399159360010_5652460517745778088_n-300x220.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/896425906_1169399159360010_5652460517745778088_n-767x564.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/896425906_1169399159360010_5652460517745778088_n.webp 1440w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"7508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/898717538_1169399156026677_4363587786219496742_n-1024x753.webp\" alt=\"Saving an organ with the help of advanced technology: In Lviv, the Da Vinci robot performed surgery on a 14-year-old girl from Zakarpattia \u2014 photo 2\" class=\"wp-image-7508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/898717538_1169399156026677_4363587786219496742_n-1024x753.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/898717538_1169399156026677_4363587786219496742_n-300x220.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/898717538_1169399156026677_4363587786219496742_n-767x564.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/898717538_1169399156026677_4363587786219496742_n.webp 1440w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surgeons at St. Nicholas Children\u2019s Hospital successfully removed a pancreatic tumor from a young girl from Zakarpattia without making any open incisions, preserving the organ\u2019s function. The patient has already returned home to recover. 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