(Providence Business News) — With the precision of slender robotic tools, Dr. Subhashini Ayloo can look inside someone’s abdomen with three-dimensional accuracy.
A small incision can be all she needs for major surgery. A specialist in liver transplantation and resection – the cutting and removal of diseased or damaged liver tissue – she joined Brown Surgical Associates in February and reached a milestone soon after.
For the first time in Rhode Island, Ayloo performed a robotic-platform hepatectomy, completing a liver resection using four tiny incisions. The procedure allows for a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery. For cancer patients, it means they can move to lifesaving chemotherapy and other treatments faster.
Unlike conventional “open” surgeries that involve the opening of the abdomen through larger incisions, minimally invasive surgery with robotics allows patients to recover quickly. After several hours in a recovery room, many patients go home and begin chemotherapy treatment the following week.
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