Targeting Bladder Cancer With Robotic Surgery
October 27, 2011 Tweet
Scripps is Transforming Surgical Medicine
Steve Jamison turned to Carol Salem, medical director of Scripps Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Program, to discuss treatment options when he faced a diagnosis of bladder cancer. Robotic surgery allowed Dr. Salem to remove the diseased organ and create a new bladder from a section of intestine, then placed back into his body – all with minimal incisions and blood loss. See the surgical robot in action.
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Cancer Care (Scripps Mercy Hospital), Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery (Scripps Mercy Hospital), Cancer Care, Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
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