Specialists from the Medical University of Gdańsk and the University Clinical Centre, the MUG hospital, have performed a truly exceptional mechanical thrombectomy in a 16-day-old newborn. The procedure is remarkable not only on a national scale, but also internationally, as it is rarely performed in very young children. Requiring extraordinary precision, it was the only chance to save the child’s health and life, the specialists emphasise. Mechanical thrombectomy is a minimally invasive procedure involving the removal of a thrombus obstructing a blood vessel. It is most commonly performed in a
