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Westmead Private Leading The Way In Robotic Surgery

July 14, 2017

In June Westmead Private Hospital celebrated its 1000 robotic case. The hospital has celebrated many “firsts” since commencing robotic surgery in 2013 including:

  • Australia's first partial nephrectomy using state-of-the-art robotic technology with firefly imaging – Dr Howard Lau (Urologist)
  • First hospital in the Southern Hemisphere to perform a robotic single site hysterectomy using the da Vinci Surgical System - A/Prof Felix Chan (Gynacologist)
  • Australia’s first single site robotic assisted Sacrocoplopexy for pelvic floor prolapse - A/Prof Felix Chan (Gynaecologist)
  • Australia's first totally robotic transanal endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of a sessile polyp today – Dr Gary McKay (Colorectal Surgeon)
  • Australia’s second kidney autotransplant - Prof Howard Lau and his transplant team
  • First lumber fusion in the Southern Hemisphere – Dr Gordon Dandie (Neurosurgeon)

Pictured: Prof Felix Chan, Prof Manish Patel and Prof Howard Lau.

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