Some time ago, Söring’s Macro instruments and SONOCA 300 were used in a very special liver operation in Trieste, northern Italy. Special about this hemihepatectomy was not the tumour resection itself, but rather the fact that the treatment was carried out by a team only consisting of women. We spoke with Dr Paola Tarchi, general surgery and HPB consultant at the University Hospital of Trieste, about the reasons why there are still few women in surgery and what she likes most about her job.
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