Janesville Mercy Hospital ready for robotic surgery

by STEVE BENTON Thursday, June 25, 2009

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WCLO's Steve Benton reports on a new surgical device that allows two doctors to perform robotic surgery on one patient.

ROCK COUNTY — Mercy Hospital is now one of only five hospitals in the world to have the new da Vinci Si HD dual-console robotic surgical system.

Dr. Nick Gianitsos is one of the physicians qualified to use the device and says it will benefit patients, the hospital, and the community.

One of the features allows two physicians to operate on a single patient. Gianitsos says this allows for better outcomes of surgery and reduced hospital stays.

Gianitsos says when Mercy Health System decided to buy one of the devices, it had already made the decision to make Janesville a destination for robotic surgery.

An open house, Friday, June 26th, 11 am - 6 pm, in the Mercy Hospital cafeteria will give residents a chance to see video demonstrations of the device.

sbenton
Jun 26, 2009 at 6:17 a.m.
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For people like R1234, Dr. Nick Gianitsos of Mercy Health System will be on the Stan Milam show on WCLO at 10:30 Friday morning to discuss this topic in more detail.

Steve

67Mustang
Jun 25, 2009 at 6:26 p.m.
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Ahhh you've discovered the difference between Radio news, newspaper news, and medical journal articles.

R1234
Jun 25, 2009 at 2:44 p.m.
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Sounds good but I have questions.

How will this machine be used?
What disciplines will it be used for?
Why would a person be scheduled (or not scheduled) to receive this surgery?

I don't really think this is an article worth writing without the usual how, when, what, where, and why questions being answered. This is little more than a statement.

Can we have further clarification?

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