Trident Health’s South Carolina Institute for Robotic Surgery recently performed its 2,000th robotic surgery.
The procedure was a radical nephrectomy (surgical removal of a kidney) performed by Dr. Ted Brisson, who also performed the Institute’s first case on Oct. 23, 2008.
In less than four years, the Institute has performed 2,101 robotic procedures, more than twice as many as any other hospital or health system in the entire Charleston area. The South Carolina Institute for Robotic Surgery is located at Trident Medical Center and consists of an advanced team of 18 surgeons with specialized robotics training.
Trident Medical Center is now a case observation site for training robotic surgeons throughout the southeastern United States. The Institute has been recognized nationally as a model robotics program for surgical best practices by demonstrating an exceptionally trained robotics team, surgical efficiency and superior patient outcomes.
Hospitals from around the country observe the Institute’s robotics team at Trident to learn these best practices. “It is rewarding to introduce other physicians to the excitement of robotic surgery and to have a part in their mentoring,” said Jeffrey Lafond, MD.
Dr. Lafond recently performed the Lowcountry’s first single site gallbladder surgery. Single site refers to one incision, which is the diameter of a pencil eraser, through which the surgical procedure is accomplished.
For more information about Trident Health, please visit www.tridenthealthsystem.com or call (843) 797-7000
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