In observance of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Ascension Sacred Heart is highlighting a new surgery procedure that uses advanced robotic surgical systems to both diagnose and remove lung cancer in the same single anesthesia procedure. The one minimally invasive procedure means fewer procedures overall, faster recovery, and earlier treatment.
“Oh yeah, he can do whatever he wants,” declared Dr. Christopher Ellington, a thoracic surgeon at Ascension Sacred Heart, talking with and about the recovery of patient Scott Searcy, who had the Single Anesthesia Dual Robotic Lung Biopsy and Resection in May.
“He doesn’t have to come in here getting IVs and getting all of the side effects of chemotherapy, although it is better than it used to be, it’s still it’s a big deal to go through and to not have to go through it.”…