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Charleston, SC (PRWEB) December thirty, 2011
Colon cancer patients currently being handled via Roper St. Francis Cancer Care will have a new, unique benefit commencing with the very first medical procedures of its type in the state of South Carolina on Jan. 2, 2012. Roper Hospital is one of the first facilities in the U.S. to make use of a da Vinci robot outfitted with Firefly fluorescence imaging to help make colon cancer surgery significantly less invasive and more precise.
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“Robotic-assisted surgical treatment supplies surgeons with a greater degree of visualization and for that reason, accuracy. Now, with the integration of Firefly fluorescence imaging throughout robotic techniques, surgeons can observe tissue even a lot more obviously, even more strengthening surgical precision,” mentioned Lisa Horvath, director perioperative providers, Roper St. Francis Healthcare (RSFH). “The procedure includes the injection of a fluorescent dye that helps surgeons identify nutritious, practical tissue. Using this imaging technologies will potentially reduced the risk of leaks in the reconstructed tissue and help stop the want for numerous surgical procedures.”
The da Vinci Surgical Program is a robot-assisted, minimally invasive instrument that permits doctors to perform sensitive and intricate procedures through small incisions with breakthrough vision, precision, dexterity and handle. Firefly will enhance these advantages significantly according to Jorge Lagares-Garcia, MD, who will execute the Jan. 2 surgery.
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Dr. Lagares-Garcia is currently the only surgeon in the state licensed to proctor and to execute robotic colorectal surgery with the da Vinci Surgical Method. He says he will incorporate Firefly technology into as several surgical procedures as achievable.
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“Firefly technological innovation will permit the most precise evaluation of the intestine prior to executing extremely delicate colon surgeries of any variety, enhancing the high quality of the surgery. The capability to use Firefly for this app is specially good news for our patients with colon cancer,” said Dr. Lagares-Garcia. “Beginning in early 2012 Roper Hospital will educate other surgeons to use the same method to enhance their patients’ end result.”
Surgeons from around the nation will be coming to Roper Hospital to discover from Lagares-Garcia, as RSFH will earn the distinction of currently being formally named a Colorectal Epicenter Jan. 9, 2012.thirteen
“We are honored to have been called amongst the quick listing of colorectal epicenters. My objective is to support train adequate surgeons that eventually each and every affected person who is a prospect for da Vinci medical procedures has the opportunity to get that course of motion,” mentioned Lagares-Garcia.
Dr. Lagares-Garcia states the positive aspects of laparoscopic robotic assisted colon surgical procedure consist of:
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Low blood loss
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Quicker return to normal routines
Roper Hospital and Dr. Lagares-Garcia have been assessed for da Vinci epicenter designation dependent on a demanding checklist of criterion, which included:
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Host surgeon having finished 100 circumstances
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Providing host surgeon with the newest generation da Vinci method
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Willingness to perform toward getting the most really rated epicenter in the nation
RSFH also delivers da Vinci procedures for gynecological surgeries such as hysterectomies, cervical and uterine cancers, uterine fibroids and endometriosis, urological processes such as prostate, bladder and kidney cancers, vesicoureteral reflux and prostatectomy. To come across a licensed da Vinci doctor at RSFH, go to http://www.rsfh.com.
Dr. Lagares-Garcia methods at Charleston Colorectal Surgical treatment.
The Roper St. Francis Healthcare Mission:
Healing All Men and women with Compassion, Religion and Excellence
Roper St. Francis Healthcare is the South Carolina Lowcountry’s only personal, not-for-gain wellbeing care program and is composed of 95 facilities in 7 counties. Member hospitals incorporate Roper Hospital, Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, Roper St. Francis Mount Enjoyable Hospital and Roper Rehabilitation Hospital. Programs to create a hospital in Berkeley County are in progress. Roper St. Francis Medical doctor Companions is a thorough community of almost two hundred doctors covering main care and 20 subspecialties.
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With much more than 5,200 workers, it is Charleston’s greatest non-governmental, non-public employer with an affiliated health care team of 800 physicians of every health care specialty. Continuously ranked amid the Top 100 Integrated Wellness Networks in the nation, Roper St. Francis Healthcare earned a lot more than 160 Countrywide Awards recognizing higher levels of individual, medical professional and employee pleasure. Also in 2011, Roper St. Francis was named among Contemporary Healthcare’s prestigious record of “Top one hundred Locations to Work”, was outlined amongst the Best twenty five Related Healthcare Program, and contributed more than 78,000 hrs of staff time and $ forty seven.three million to advantage 264,000 Lowcountry citizens.
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