Beaumont Hospitals Adopt da Vinci Robots

The three Beaumont Hospitals in Metro Detroit have acquired da Vinci SI Surgical Systems to assist them. Last week, the Troy hospital tried theirs out for the first time to perform a success laparoscopic prostatectomy. Surgeons Kenneth Kernen and Jason Hafron used master controls while viewing the image in 3D. Dr. Kernen claims that the robodoctor "has transformed surgery for prostate cancer because of the technical and clinical advantages in terms of visual magnification and refinement in an area that can be difficult to operate on using traditional techniques."

(Thanks, Mike)

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