Summerville Medical Center adds robotic GI surgery

Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center has debuted its newest robotic surgical system on a colon cancer patient, according to a March 4 report from The Summerville Journal Scene.

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The procedure was performed by colorectal surgeon Susan Knoche, MD. In the last 10 years, Summerville has substantially grown its surgical robotics program as part of a $250 million growth project. 

The system now has five minimally invasive robotic surgical systems for general surgery and one spine robotic surgical system.

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