April 2013

Gone are the days where gynecologic surgery means a long hospital stay and three to six weeks of recovery.  At progressive hospitals such as OCH Regional Medical Center, there is a different option for women—robotic-assisted surgery.  While traditional open gynecologic surgery requires a large incision for access to the uterus and surrounding anatomy, surgery with […]

Dr. Kenneth Thomas and his surgical team prep their patient for a robotic assist laparoscopic prostatectomy, the removal of the prostate, and then he tells his team, “Alright, the robot is docked…”   He’s referring to the da Vinci Robot, Dr. Thomas’ ‘right-hand man’ (or rather ‘right-hand robot’).  OCH Regional Medical Center has the only da

[Re-published by permission of Starkville Daily News. Original publication date: November 11, 2012] By STEVEN NALLEY An OCH Regional Medical Center doctor performed the hospital’s first — and the region’s first — robotic general surgery on Nov. 2. The Da Vinci SI robot, nicknamed “Jack” in an OCH promotional contest, allows surgeons to remotely control