For the first time, the Royal Hospital has performed advanced laparoscopic operations in thoracic and esophageal surgeries. According to the Oman News Agency (ONA) the Royal Hospital in cooperation with the Department of General Surgery and the National Center for Cardiac Medicine and Surgery, was able, for the first time in the hospital, to perform a range of surgeries represented in the limited intervention of advanced laparoscopic operations in thoracic and esophageal surgeries.