Kidney transplant care is advancing with robotic surgery in Florida. 65-year-old James Emmanuel recently received a life-saving kidney from his daughter through a transplant performed with the help of a skilled surgeon using leading-edge robotic technology in Florida.
Memorial Healthcare System in South Florida is advancing kidney transplant care through the use of the da Vinci 5 (DV5) robotic surgical system, the latest generation of robotic technology, helping expand access to minimally invasive transplant procedures for both living kidney donors and recipients.
Emmanuel became the first patient at Memorial and South Florida to undergo a robotic-assisted kidney transplant recipient procedure on the most advanced DV5 robotic platform, a highly specialized approach still performed by only a limited number of transplant centers…