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Not long ago, taking out a cancerous kidney meant
major surgery with a 10- to 20-inch abdominal incision and, often,
removal of the patient's 12th rib. That's a thing of the past at
Monmouth Medical Center, the first hospital in central New Jersey
to offer a minimally invasive alternative that's highly effective
and far easier on the patient.
Introduced at Monmouth by urologist Y. Samuel Litvin,
M.D., and surgeon Frank J. Borao, M.D., director of Monmouth's
Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, hand-assisted laparoscopicnephrectomy
allows surgeons to remove the kidney through s three-inch incision
--- an opening just large enough to allow a surgeon's hand to manipulate
the diseased organ.
"The procedure represents a real change in the
approach to renal carcinomas," Dr. Litvin says. "Manipulating
the kidney by hand gives us the tactile information and depth perception
that are missing with the standard procedures."
To find out more about this treatment, call 732-870-5500.
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