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World’s First Successful ViKY Robot-assisted Surgery

Posted By Brad On March 28, 2009 @ 1:26 pm In BESComputers.net | No Comments

This month Fox Chase Cancer Center performed the world’s first successful minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY® system’s revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder. The technology, developed in France and tested on thousands of patients in Europe, made its debut in a cancer setting in the United States at Fox Chase.

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