Israeli doctors perform groundbreaking surgery on pregnant Crohn's patient

(JNS) - A world-first event took place at Rabin Medical Center's Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, where a woman suffering from severe intestinal inflammation caused by Crohn's disease underwent a life saving, minimally invasive robotic bowel resection in her 32nd week of pregnancy.

The complex surgery, which lasted several hours and involved dozens of medical staff, was completed successfully, allowing her to carry the pregnancy to term and give birth to a healthy baby girl.

Tzofiya Leibovich, a 23-year-old medical student, was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in her teens but had been sympt...