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A newborn Wilmington boy has become the youngest and smallest patient in the world to undergo robotic surgery.<\/p>\n

When Raiden Jewett was born on Nov. 13, his first breaths of life sounded odd.<\/p>\n

“They thought he was just congested, because he was making this weird noise,” his mother, Brandie Jewett, said.<\/p>\n

The usual attempts to clear a baby’s airway, though, didn’t work. A benign cyst just above the vocal chords was the real problem.<\/p>\n

The standard surgical approach for such a problem involves making an incision in the neck to insert a breathing tube in the airway.<\/p>\n

Read the full story on WRAL News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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