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November 21, 2008
Watch a Live Webcast of Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy
Surgeons perform minimally invasive surgery for prostate cancer using a da Vinci ® Surgical System
Madison, WI: On Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, St. Mary's Hospital showcased the most innovative surgical option available to treat prostate cancer when it aired a live webcast of a robot-assisted prostatectomy.
Using the da Vinci® Surgical System, this prostate-removal procedure brings even more credibility to the term "minimally invasive surgery." It requires five tiny incisions through which the surgeon operates, via remotely controlled robotic arms with tiny 8-millimeter instruments. Smaller incisions mean less trauma to the body and faster recovery. Use of the da Vinci system has also been shown to yield shorter hospital stays, less pain and superior clinical outcomes.
The prostatectomy was performed by Dr.
Brooke Johnson, Dean Health
System urologist, and physician assistant Megan
Kushner. Dr.
Adam Tierney, Dean Health System urologist, provided commentary.
The webcast was hosted by Steve Van Dinter, Regional Director
of Media Relations & Public
Affairs for SSM
Health Care of Wisconsin. 
Join us to learn more about this fascinating surgical option that also has applications in gynecologic procedures and heart surgeries.
Click
here to visit the St. Mary's webcast page and
view an archived version of the live webcast.
da Vinci ® is registered trademark of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
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