Robotic surgery is now available at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Lumpkin. The first operation using a da Vinci surgical system at the hospital was performed this week.
“Robotic surgery has a multitude of benefits including smaller incisions, less chance of complications and a shorter recovery time,” said Kevin Powell, MD, a general surgeon with Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Surgical Associates in Dawsonville and the first surgeon to operate with the da Vinci surgical system at NGMC Lumpkin. “In fact, my patient was discharged the same day as his surgery without the need to stay overnight at the hospital. It’s the commitment to this type of advanced care that attracted me to join Northeast Georgia Health System earlier this year.”
NGMC Lumpkin’s new campus opened in April of last year.
“We are proud to expand robotic surgery beyond Gainesville and Braselton with the addition of a surgical robot at NGMC Lumpkin,” said Parker Long, DO, an OB/GYN with Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) and medical director of robotic surgery at NGMC. “Now more people can benefit from the most minimally invasive surgical techniques without having to drive south into Cumming or across the lake to Gainesville.”
NGMC has more than 50 trained surgeons on medical staff across its hospital system who have performed more than 25,000 robotic procedures combined.
(Pictured: File photo of a surgeon using the da Vinci system)