A decade ago laparoscopic technology revolutionized the field of surgery, creating a new generation of minimally invasive procedures. Today, surgeons at Saint Barnabas Health Care System have taken that technology one step further. They are using robotics to perform a number of operations, including living donor nephrectomies (kidney removal).
"Robot-assisted technology is a remarkable surgical tool. It's an advanced form of laparoscopic surgery that allows us to do precision work with less trauma to the patient," states Stuart Geffner, MD, Director of Transplant Surgery for the Saint Barnabas Health Care System. He is the first renal transplant surgeon in the region to perform robot-assisted living donor nephrectomies at both Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark.
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