Less pain, quicker recoveries: 1 year of University Hospitals’ robotics push

Becker's Healthcare December 19, 2024
Elizabeth Gregerson

In one year since the inception of its robotics program, Cleveland-based University Hospitals’ Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has performed more than 100 heart bypass surgeries using the Da Vinci surgical robot.

Surgeons Kelsey Gray, MD, and Pablo Ruda Vega, MD, became the first in Ohio to use the technology when the program launched in December 2023. They are now performing eight to 10 robotic procedures per month on average, according to a Dec. 11 news release from University Hospitals.

“Using the robot gives the surgeon more options and more flexibility during the procedure,” Dr. Gray said in the release. “Best of all, patients experience less post-operative pain, have a shorter stay in the hospital and return to normal...

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