Robotic Surgery Offers Precise Handling, Quicker Procedures:
Surgeons in the U.S. are taking advantage of a new slew of technological
advances that cut down on recovery time and blood loss and allow for
more complex procedures.
A small but growing number of patients are getting a new option in the operating room -- robots that are helping surgeons perform more complex procedures.
When 54-year-old Bill Souter was diagnosed with cancer last month and
told his prostate would need to be removed, he was offered the chance to make medical history
at the Cleveland Clinic by becoming the ninth person in the world to
have his prostate removed through a tiny incision in his belly button.
"I feel like I'm pretty important to my family and my friends," he said.
" And I don't want to lose that right now. So I feel this is the way to
go." Read more....
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