Friday, September 17, 1999
OSU first in America to do remote-controlled bypass
BY TIM BONFIELD
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio State University has become the first medical center in North America to perform a coronary bypass operation using robotic, remote-controlled surgical tools.
The da Vinci system — made by Intuitive Surgical Inc. — already has been used in Europe for bypasses and several other types of operations. Now, the system is being tested in America to seek Food and Drug Ad ministration approval.
The surgery was performed Sept. 2 on a 48-year-old man from Columbus. He was in good condition following the operation.
Rather than working at an operating table, the surgeon sits at a computer, using hand controls to drive robotic tools placed inside the chest.
A Cincinnati surgeon, Dr. Randall Wolf, was recently recruited to run OSU's robotic surgery program. The first procedure, however, was performed by Dr. Robert Michler.
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