New robotic-assisted lobectomy for lung cancer patients

10/20/2010 12:00:00 AM |

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The National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) successfully completed the first robotic-assisted lobectomy in Southeast Asia in August 2010. For the very first time in the region, the diseased lobe of a lung was removed using a sophisticated robotic system - the Da Vinci Si Dual. This new development also made NHCS one of about 25 centres in the world to offer the robotic-assisted lobectomy surgery to its patients.

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