Evelina Hospital: Boy’s robotic surgery a first for London

A seven-year-old boy has become the first child in London to undergo an operation using what his surgeon calls a “revolutionary” robotic surgical system.

Rufus Quinn, from Streatham, south London, had a robotic assisted pyeloplasty, a procedure to correct a blockage between the kidney and the bladder at the Evelina Children’s Hospital.

This condition affects approximately one in 1,500 children and if left untreated can cause pain and increase the risk of kidney function deterioration.

Rufus’s mother Jenny Quinn praised the hospital staff after the surgery went smoothly, and said her son recovered “really quickly” and returned to school within a few days.