Infant saved with latest liver surgery

A 9-month-old boy in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, has become the youngest person in the world to undergo an innovative new surgery for liver tumors.

Known by the acronym ALPPS, the technique involves the removal of a significant part of the organ.

The child, nicknamed Linlin, had two operations to remove a tumor from his liver at First Affiliated University of Harbin Medical University.