St. Joseph Mercy Hospital surgeons use robots to improve procedures

The "cutting edge" takes on a new meaning in Ann Arbor as robots start assisting local surgeons.

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Your doctor tells you that your prostate must be removed, or you need a hysterectomy, a heart bypass or lung cancer surgery.

You're worried, of course, about your mortality. But you're also apprehensive about pain, blood loss, recovery time, getting back to work, the size of the incision, preserving erectile function, or the fact that your breastbone will be sawed open for surgery.

A roomful of people with the same concerns recently got a chance to see and even operate briefly one of the high-tech alternatives - called the da Vinci Surgical System - during a presentation at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township.

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