Robot Assisted Surgery has been successfully used to treat over 47,000 patients within Canada since 2003. Leveraging this technology, surgeons of multiple specialties provide patients with a range of cancer and benign conditions minimally invasive care.
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Aubrie's Story
Aubrie Nelson is an emergency nurse from Victoria. She’s married with two young boys, AJ and Ivan. In the Spring of 2014, Aubrie was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer in her salivary gland that was not responsive to radiation.
Future of Surgical Innovation
The multi specialty team at St Joe’s Hospital in Hamilton describe how minimally invasive robot assisted surgery is benefiting their cancer patients daily.
Funding Atlantic Canada's first surgical robotics program at the QEII
Robot-assisted surgery is a cancer treatment option that’s never been available, here, in Atlantic Canada…until now.
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Treatment
M. Regis Labeaume, the Mayor of Quebec City, discusses his prostate cancer diagnosis and his positive experience with minimally invasive robot assisted surgery (French)
Robot Assisted Surgery Program dedicated to Womens Health
Dr. Helen Steed describes the impact the team at Lois Hole Hospital in Edmonton has had on womens lives by providing minimally invasive robot assisted surgery for cancer.
Advantages of Robot Assisted Surgery
Sinai Health is advancing how they deliver health care. Dr. Jonathan Solnik describes how it will enable complex robotics-assisted laparoscopic operations for patients with complicated health conditions.
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Check out Precare's educational videos focused on what patients should expect before, during and after gynecologic robot assisted surgery
https://precare.ca/gynecological-robotic-surgery-guide/
The Sprott Department of Surgery (@UHN_Surgery) has employed minimally invasive machine-powered surgical techniques for many years. Here are just some of the innovators who continue to push the boundaries of robotic surgery today via @nowtoronto. https://nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/health/sprott-surgery-utilizes-robotics-to-streamline-basic-procedures-and-for-assistance-during-complex-surgeries
Traditional #ProstateCancer treatment often comes with a long recovery, so Lorne chose the da Vinci Surgical System for his surgery. Donor funded, TOH was only the 3rd hospital in Canada to get one. See why patients (and doctors) prefer it: https://bit.ly/3ro6oWn
Within weeks of his shocking kidney #cancer diagnosis, Warren Connors underwent two robotic cancer surgeries at the #QEII. Today, on #GivingTuesday, read about Warren's journey and DOUBLE your #donation towards the QEII's newest surgical #robot 💜:
https://bit.ly/3cXNOMf