New innovative technology at Spectrum Health is transforming the standard of care for surgical patients and making it easier on surgeons.
Spectrum Health held a ribbon-cutting recently to unveil robotic technology called the “da Vinci Single Port”.
“It’s been a wonderful addition to our surgical armamentarium here,” Dr. Chris Brede, section chief of urology, said. “We are using this robotic platform for all of our intrabdominal surgeries including prostate surgery, bladder surgery, kidney surgery, urinary surgery, and both for cancer and reconstructive purposes.”
Spectrum Health says its the first health system in the West Michigan area to debut the technology that is already been used on patients.
“We are seeing patients back to their normal lives, their normal physical activity much sooner than they ever have before,” Brede said.