Thursday 4 September 2008

Robotic Kidney Removal Performed In Michigan


A
diseased kidney has been surgically extracted using a minimally
invasive technique that utilizes 3D robotics, at the Henry Ford
Hospital, the first oR of its kind in Michigan.


About
55,000 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer every yr. Treatment
options, most commonly, affect open surgery with an incision
about one animal foot (300 mm) long. Sometimes it is necessary to
remove a rib and divert muscle in