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Single Incision Robotic Surgery
In May, Medical College of Wisconsin surgeons expanded the use of robotic tools when they performed the state’s first robotic surgery through a single incision.
Peter Langenstroer, MD, MS, a Medical College of Wisconsin urologic oncologist and director of Urologic Oncology, and Kenneth Jacobsohn, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin urologic surgeon and director of Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, made one incision through the patient’s naval and then guided small, robotic tools to remove a cancerous tumor from her bladder.
Because the surgery was performed through the naval, the patient will have no visible scar, the biggest advantage of single-site robotic surgery. Beyond cosmetics, Drs. Langenstroer and Jacobsohn also point to the likelihood of less pain and fewer complications for the patient when only one incision is made compared to the multiple small openings that are used in laparoscopic or regular robotic surgeries.
The use of robotic tools in conjunction with a single incision is new, as the medical profession is beginning to perform more and more single-site surgeries.
“It’s an evolving technique that very few centers around the country are doing,” Dr. Jacobsohn said. There are no other published cases of a single-site robotic surgery to remove a bladder tumor having been performed anywhere prior to the procedure by Drs. Jacobsohn and Langenstroer at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin.
To learn more about robotic and other minimally invasive treatments for cancer, visit froedtert.com/cancer.
Source: Froedtert Today Date: September 2010 |
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