Robotic Hysterectomy and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Endometrial Cancer
Hygeia Medical Center.Athens Greece.
Surgeon: Georgios Hilaris, M.D., FACOG
1st Assistant: Thomas Tsoubis, M.D.
Anesthesiologist: Spiros Kalakonas, M.D.
TECHNIQUES & PROCEDURES
Laparotomy
Laparotomy is still considered a reliable and trustworthy procedure for a trained surgeon to perform whenever deemed clinically necessary.
Radical Hysterectomy
The first total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy, with complete lymph node dissection, was performed in Greece in 2004 by Dr. G. Hilaris and his team.
Robotic Surgery
We have been using the DaVinci® robotic system since 2002 at Stanford University Hospital, California, long before the it became known in Europe.