Single-port Robotic Surgery Transforms Cancer Care At Nyu Langone Hospital—long Island

After enduring 7 anterior abdominal surgeries, 64-year-old Joy Monetti from Islip was nary alien to achy procedures and lengthy recoveries. However, it was her caller single-port (SP) robotic room astatine NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island that proved transformative. Using SP technology, Anthony Corcoran, MD, successfully removed from her near kidney a wide that was later wished to beryllium noncancerous. The minimally invasive process near Monetti emotion amended and mobile almost immediately.

"I've had 7 abdominal surgeries successful nan past, galore of which were achy and required agelong betterment times," said Monetti. "This process was a existent eye-opener—nothing for illustration nan anterior ones. When I sewage location aft being kept overnight, it was difficult for maine to remainder because I felt truthful good. You can't moreover spot nan scar." Three weeks later, Monetti was backmost to caring for her grandchildren, a testament of nan reduced betterment clip made imaginable by SP technology.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island has emerged arsenic a pioneer successful SP robotic surgery, an innovative method that allows surgeons to execute analyzable procedures done a azygous incision to minimize trauma to surrounding areas and allows patients to heal faster. Utilizing robotic surgery, these procedures connection a less-invasive replacement to accepted approaches, benefiting patients pinch reduced pain, quicker recovery, and little scarring.

Two of nan innovators utilizing this method are Tara Martinez, DO, and Dr. Corcoran. Dr. Martinez, 1 of only 2 surgeons successful nan authorities of New York certified to execute colorectal SP procedures, has leveraged this exertion for a assortment of conditions, including cancer-related colon resections, polyps, rectal prolapse, diverticular disease, and inflammatory bowel disease.

"Single-port robotic procedures are transforming really we dainty cancers, particularly present connected Long Island," said Dr. Martinez. "The precision that we're capable to person while minimizing nan trauma to nan area is simply a crippled changer for patients, pinch galore capable to return to normal activity overmuch sooner than expected."

Dr. Corcoran, head of urologic oncology astatine NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island and personnel of Perlmutter Cancer Center, is nan sole surgeon connected Long Island performing SP extraperitoneal robotic partial nephrectomy, a minimally invasive room utilizing robotic assistance to region portion of nan kidney while preserving arsenic overmuch patient insubstantial arsenic possible, and extremist prostatectomy, a surgical process to wholly region nan prostate gland to dainty prostate cancer.

With nan invention offered by single-port technology, Joy and different patients are capable to retrieve successful a matter of days compared to weeks pinch accepted surgical methods."

Dr. Anthony Corcoran, MD, director of urologic oncology astatine NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island