An innovative patient-kidney tumor removal surgery has taken place for the first time in Greece, retaining an important part of the organ. In particular, the pioneering surgery, which maintains the healthy kidney, uses Firefly technology built into the latest Da Vinci XI robotics system. For the full article of the Greek newspaper KYRIAKATIKI DIMOKRATIA (13/05/2018),…
Day: November 1, 2018
The Firefly technology introduced for the first time in Greece
For the first time in Greece, a patient’s kidney tumor was removed, maintaining the healthy parenchyma, at HYGEIA Hospital, using Firefly technology, built into the latest generation Da Vinci XI Robotic System. The surgery was conducted by the director of the 2nd Urological Clinic of HYGEIA Hospital Emanuel Panagiotou and his team. For the full…
New kidney tumor ablation technique with Firefly technology
At HYGEIA hospital, for the first time in Greece, a tumor was removed from a kidney by maintaining the healthy parenchyma using Firefly technology, built into the latest DaVinci Xi Robotic System. The operation was conducted to a 61 year old patient with a right kidney tumor of 4.5 cm. For the full article of…
New kidney tumor ablation technique with maintenance of healthy parenchyma
In the YGEIA hospital, for the first time in Greece, a patient’s kidney tumor was removed by maintaining the healthy parenchyma using the Firefly technology incorporated in DaVinci Xi’s latest generation Robotic System. The surgery was conducted to a 61 year old patient with a right kidney tumour of 4.5 cm. For the full article…
The Experience of the 2nd Urological Clinic of "Hygeia" Hospital in Robotic Surgery
Ε. Παναγιώτου, Α. Μωκάκος, Α. Παπαδόπουλος Διαγνωστικό και θεραπευτικό κέντρο Αθηνών «Υγεία» Σκοπός Να παρουσιάσουμε την εμπειρία μας στη ρομποτική χειρουργική ουρολογία. Ασθενείς Από τον Ιούνιο του 2007, πάνω από 300 ασθενείς υποβλήθηκαν σε ένα ευρύ φάσμα ρομποτικών ουρολογικών επεμβάσεων (ριζική προστατεκτομή, ριζική και απλή νεφρεκτομή, ριζική κυστεκτομή, πυελοπλαστική, κύστη νεφρού, κιρσοκήλη, BPH και μία…
New Kidney Removal Technique
which maintains the healthy parenchyma A tumor was removed from a patient’s kidney by maintaining the healthy parenchyma using Firefly technology incorporated in the latest Da Vinci Xi Robotic System was first held in Greece at the HYGEIA hospital. For the full article of the Greek magazine HEALTH DAILY (08/05/2018), click here.
The Pioneer of Robotic Surgery from Karpathos
Science advances, methods that seemed inconceivable in the past tend to become a routine today. The interventions without incisions, without blood and blood bottles are here and will soon be more sophisticated in the near future. Robotic Surgery is fully applicable in Greece and Manolis Panagiotou is the pioneer in Robotic Urology in our country.…