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Galway barrister, Frances Treanor, from Oranmore in Galway, was one of the first patients in the country to under-go a pioneering new eye surgery at Optilase, to eliminate the need for reading glasses.

A pioneering Mayo-based surgeon — who was the first specialist in the world outside the United States to undertake a revolutionary new hip replacement — offered hundreds of colleagues a live insight into the technique. A live satellite link took place on Wednesday (May 26) between the orthopaedic unit at Mayo General Hospital and one of the world’s premier international joint replacement conferences in Rome. The broadcast allowed orthopaedic expert Mr Derek Bennett to demonstrate the technique and components which make the breakthrough operation so successful.

Mr Fabio Bartolozzi, a Galway based hospital consultant - who is the only surgeon in Ireland to perform a cardiothoracic surgery procedure using the da Vinci robotic system - will be in the audience at the Late Late Show on Friday night to discuss it.