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The procedure at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's was designed to safely and efficiently meet the needs of pediatric patients' small anatomy.
Dr. Steve Rothenberg, the chief of pediatric surgery at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's who performed the procedure, said his patients can weigh anywhere from less than 1 lb. to over 250 lbs.
“There’s a huge range of patients that I have to deal with,” he told The Robot Report. “I specialize specifically in minimally invasive surgery in small infants and children. I have spent most of my career trying to develop instrumentation to work in that space.”
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Learn more about minimally invasive surgery at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's.