The first operation of its type in Spain took place at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona.
The first stomach reduction operation to be carried out through the vagina in Spain has taken place at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona.
The patient was a 67 year old woman, and the operation is thought to be just the fifth time that the technique has been carried out worldwide. It comes following collaboration between the hospital and the Olympus company which develops the instruments needed for the procedure which leaves the abdominal wall untouched.