AtlantiCare Launches Tri-State's First Robotic Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy, Targeting 100,000 U.S. Annual Cases
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Updated · ROI-NJ.com · Jun 25
AtlantiCare Launches Tri-State's First Robotic Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy, Targeting 100,000 U.S. Annual Cases
1 articles · Updated · ROI-NJ.com · Jun 25
Summary
AtlantiCare said it is the first health system in the tri-state region to offer robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy using Intuitive's da Vinci SP single-port platform at its Atlantic City campus.
Recent FDA clearance of the da Vinci SP system enabled the rollout, which AtlantiCare says can use one smaller incision, lower some skin- or nipple-blood-flow complications and potentially preserve nipple sensation.
Dr. Kay Yoon-Flannery, appointed chief of women's oncology in September, will perform the procedure after becoming the first U.S. breast surgeon invited to train in it through an observership in South Korea.
More than 100,000 mastectomies are performed annually in the United States, even as JAMA Network data showed mastectomy rates fell after 2013 while lumpectomy use increased, underscoring demand for less invasive options.