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# First HPB & distal pancreatectomy operations performed in UK
- URL: https://med-techinsights.com/first-hpb-and-distal-pancreatectomy-operations-performed-in-uk/
- Published: 2025-08-01T08:35:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T08:03:56.000Z
- Description: Cromwell Hospital recently became the first hospital in the UK to perform HPB (Hepato Pancreato Biliary) and distal pancreatectomy operations using the da Vinci SP robotic surgical system. Editor Oli Johnson spoke to Professor Long Jiao, who performed the surgeries. Professor Long Jiao is a professo
- Author: Oliver Johnson
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[**Cromwell Hospital**](https://www.cromwellhospital.com/?ref=med-techinsights.com) recently became [the first hospital in the UK](https://med-techinsights.com/2025/04/03/cromwell-hospital-becomes-first-in-uk-to-perform-gynaecology-and-hpb-operations-using-da-vinci-sp/) to perform HPB (Hepato Pancreato Biliary) and distal pancreatectomy operations using the da Vinci SP robotic surgical system.

Editor Oli Johnson spoke to Professor Long Jiao, who performed the surgeries.

Professor Long Jiao is a professor of surgery, chair and consultant in hepato-pancreatico -biliary surgery (HPB) at Hammersmith and Royal Marsden Hospitals of Imperial College London.