{"id":5010,"date":"2025-06-11T17:23:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T11:01:43","slug":"expanding-horizons-cghmc-adds-robotic-assisted-kidney-transplant-rakt-to-its-growing-robotic-surgery-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/expanding-horizons-cghmc-adds-robotic-assisted-kidney-transplant-rakt-to-its-growing-robotic-surgery-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Horizons: CGHMC Adds Robotic-Assisted Kidney Transplant (RAKT) to its Growing Robotic Surgery Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5010\" class=\"elementor elementor-5010\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff5c820 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ff5c820\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af14890 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af14890\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first robotic assisted kidney transplant performed at CGHMC not only marked a historic milestone for the institution but also showcased the expanding diversity of robotic procedures now being conducted at the hospital.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378851b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"378851b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_8204.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5022\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_8204.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_8204.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_8204.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_8204.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ec752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0ec752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Headed by Transplant Surgeon Dr. Ronald Faller, the landmark surgery was among the 78 robotic procedures completed from January to May 2025. This RAKT, the first at CGHMC, was performed on a 38-year-old recipient, with kidney coming from a 26-year-old living donor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cefe08c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cefe08c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_8130.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5021\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_8130.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cghmc.com.ph\/cghmc-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_8130.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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