First robotic-assisted surgery a success at Surrey Memorial Hospital
The program will expand to thoracic and ear, nose and throat surgeries as Fraser Health says the robot improves recovery and keeps care local.
- On June 23, surgical teams at Surrey Memorial Hospital performed the facility's first robotic procedure using the Vinci system, successfully removing a lung tumor from a 55-year-old patient.
- The Surrey Hospitals Foundation raised $4.5 million to bring this technology to one of the province's busiest surgical centers, where surgeons performed nearly 19,000 surgeries last year, approximately 10 per cent of which were cancer-related.
- Ahmad Ashrafi, Fraser Health's regional division head and chief of thoracic surgery, noted the system allows surgeons to operate with "delicate precision and optimal visualization," using smaller incisions to reduce patient pain and scarring.
- Residents requiring thoracic or ENT surgeries can now receive care locally rather than being referred out of Fraser Health, reducing stress for families and improving patient outcomes.
- A second Vinci robot will begin operating this fall at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster; Urology procedures will be based at Royal Columbian, while Surrey Memorial remains the center for its existing specialty surgeries.
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Fraser Health has started using robots for surgery
If you get a surgery at the Surrey Memorial Hospital, a robot might be part of the team operating on you. Fraser Health is celebrating the hospital’s first robotic-assisted procedure. On June 23, doctors used the da Vinci Xi system to remove a lung tumour from a 55-year-old woman. “The surgery went well, and we were able to remove a tumour using minimally invasive techniques,” said Dr. Ahmad Ashrafi, the regional division head and chief of thora…
First robotic-assisted surgery a success at Surrey Memorial Hospital
Staff at Surrey Memorial Hospital have conducted the first robotic-assisted procedure at the facility. On Tuesday (June 23), surgical teams successfully performed the hospital’s first robotic-assisted procedure using the da Vinci Xi system, marking an important milestone for patients, families, and care teams, a Fraser Health release said, noting the technology means people in Surrey and beyond now have greater access to advanced, minimally inva…
First robotic surgery — removal of lung tumour — performed at Surrey Memorial Hospital
Indo-Canadian Voice First robotic surgery — removal of lung tumour — performed at Surrey Memorial Hospital posted by: Rattan MallPEOPLE in Surrey and across the region now have greater access to advanced, minimally invasive surgical care, following the first robotic-assisted procedure at Surrey Memorial Hospital. On June 23, surgical teams successfully performed the hospital’s first robotic-assisted procedure using the da Vinci Xi system, markin…
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