{"id":24192,"date":"2022-06-15T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=24192"},"modified":"2024-10-14T11:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T18:00:30","slug":"albany-hospital-launches-integrated-or-for-robotic-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/albany-hospital-launches-integrated-or-for-robotic-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Albany Hospital Launches Integrated OR for Robotic Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Albany Hospital Launches Integrated OR for Robotic Surgery<\/h1>\t\t<time>June 15, 2022<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_ae6d99c4088643ca50cc8b2e089f78bc\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>In February 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/find-a-location\/samaritan-albany-general-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samaritan Albany General Hospital<\/a> brought online a da Vinci Xi with the E-100 generator robot to assist with laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgeries. Now, the robot has a fully integrated suite where lights, video and equipment can be controlled from a computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samaritan Albany General Hospital is the first Samaritan facility to have the fully integrated operating room. This technology offers the most up-to-date technology the medical field has to offer. It allows surgeons the ability to perform more complex procedures and provides benefits to both patients and surgeons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/health-services\/all-services\/robotic-assisted-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robotic-assisted surgery<\/a> allows surgeons to see better with 10x magnification in 3D and use fully wristed articulating instruments with energy for precise movements and dissection. It also creates an ergonomic environment which helps reduce fatigue throughout the day and extend the longevity of a doctor\u2019s career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients benefit from a surgery that is less painful, allows for quicker recovery, requires fewer narcotics, offers shorter hospital stays, has less conversions and less readmissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are dedicated to providing safe, high-quality patient care at Samaritan Albany General Hospital,\u201d said April Jensen, DO, general surgeon. \u201cAccess to this surgical technology helps us provide the most advanced laparoscopic techniques available.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Procedures using the robot include bariatric, hernia and colorectal surgeries, as well as urologic and gynecologic procedures. The hospital currently has 11 surgeons trained on the da Vinci robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Frederic Bahnson, MD \u2013 general surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel Dowswell, DO \u2013 gynecologic surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shane Gjesdal, MD &#8211; gynecologic surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April Jensen, DO \u2013 general surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erika La Vella, DO \u2013 bariatric surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Layron Long, MD \u2013 urology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marie Ray, MD \u2013 general surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Sweeny, DO \u2013 general surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leonel Trujillo, DO \u2013 gynecologic surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kathleen Yang, MD \u2013 gynecologic surgery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, 310 robotic-assisted surgeries have been completed at Samaritan Albany General Hospital and 40 of those have been performed in the new suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The $1.3 million project was partially funded with a $700,000 gift from the Albany General Hospital Foundation. To learn more about other projects being funded by Samaritan Foundations, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/Giving\">samhealth.org\/Giving<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about robotic-assisted surgery, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/Robotics\">samhealth.org\/Robotics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SAGHintegratedOR-102-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"The da Vinci robot in the surgery room at SAGH.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SAGHintegratedOR-102-CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SAGHintegratedOR-102-CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SAGHintegratedOR-102-CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samaritan Albany General Hospital now has a fully integrated operating room for robotic-assisted surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":12394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"June 15, 2022","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[279],"news-types":[272],"services":[240,232,266],"specialty":[33,56,42,61],"class_list":["post-24192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-giving","news-types-news","services-general-surgery","services-robotic-assisted-surgery","services-urology","specialty-gynecology","specialty-bariatric-surgery","specialty-general-surgery","specialty-urology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24192"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=24192"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=24192"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=24192"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=24192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}