Docs drop the scalpel for obese women

NEW DELHI: It's time you cut that flab and shed those extra kilos. Particularly if you are a woman. It's just not about that extra spring in your step, it's also about staving off a lifethreatening situation if you land on the operation table. Doctors say, they are finding it extremely difficult to operate upon obese women.

Prominent surgeons in the city say they are taking recourse to minimal invasive techniques and natural access vaginal surgery to deal with the problem. And in a hitech leap, even robots are being used in surgeries.