KIRKLAND, Wash., Feb. 10, 2012 --
PRNewswire -- While the innovative da Vinci surgical robot's use (click title to entry - thank you) is largely limited to specialized procedures, Evergreen Healthcare is the first hospital in the area to implement minimally invasive robot-assisted general surgery. This is expected to increase the number of patients who can benefit from the quicker recoveries and shorter hospital stays the da Vinci technology provides. Evergreen was also the first in the Puget Sound to perform gall bladder removal using da Vinci....
...Currently, da Vinci-assisted surgeries are largely used for urological and obstetrical procedures such as prostatectomies and hysterectomies. At Evergreen, surgeons began extending the da Vincisystem to also perform abdominal laparoscopic and bariatric procedures....
PRNewswire -- While the innovative da Vinci surgical robot's use (click title to entry - thank you) is largely limited to specialized procedures, Evergreen Healthcare is the first hospital in the area to implement minimally invasive robot-assisted general surgery. This is expected to increase the number of patients who can benefit from the quicker recoveries and shorter hospital stays the da Vinci technology provides. Evergreen was also the first in the Puget Sound to perform gall bladder removal using da Vinci....
...Currently, da Vinci-assisted surgeries are largely used for urological and obstetrical procedures such as prostatectomies and hysterectomies. At Evergreen, surgeons began extending the da Vincisystem to also perform abdominal laparoscopic and bariatric procedures....
