Penn plastic surgeons perform world's first robotic bilateral breast reconstruction

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A team of surgeons from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are the first in the world to use a surgical robot to assist with a bilateral free flap breast reconstruction, allowing patients to recover and be discharged more quickly and without the use of addictive narcotic painkillers.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news