Surgeon Dr. González Rivas, expert in the treatment of lung cancer and member of Top Doctors, travels the world treating the most complex tumors with his pioneering technique. Now, the writer and journalist Elena Pita compiles in “Impossible is nothing” his journey treating and spreading the fight against cancer and pain.
The Uniportal VATS surgical technique is a revolution in surgery worldwide that allows the removal of thoracic tumors through a small intercostal hole, so that it can even be performed sometimes with local anesthesia and the patient is discharged within 48 hours. In the pages of “Impossible is nothing”, Elena Pita describes the adventure of Dr. González Rivas has brought joy to thousands of patients and their families in the fight against lung cancer, the most common type of cancer worldwide.
The practice and dissemination of this new technique is what leads Dr. Gonzalez Rivas to travel around the world to hospitals at such a frenetic pace that some mornings he does not remember in which city he is waking up. And his extensive experience endorses him as a reference in surgery worldwide: in the last year alone, he has performed hundreds of surgeries around the world and has been awarded the Top Doctors Award by his colleagues as one of the best doctors in Spain.
“Impossible is nothing” is the mantra that heads the life and biography of Dr. González Rivas. Among the lines written by Elena Pita are details of little Diego, when he was already beginning to find his vocation to fight against pain and restore happiness to those around him. But also of the surgeon Dr. González Rivas, whom the journalist describes as a visionary who has devoted his life to perfecting a minimally invasive technique that can bring relief to lung cancer patients and their loved ones, while waiting for the five years to pass before the oncological cure is pronounced.