Dr. Warren Schutte, of Front Range Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, schedules cosmetic procedures to coincide with other outpatient medical procedures to save patients recovery time and hospital expense.
replacement done,” says Dr. Carter, who has been in practice since 1987 and who performs robotic gynecologic procedures at NCMC. “With high-tech robotics, surgeries are becoming less and less invasive. The surgery is done through a small port placed in the incision and we use robotic cameras to guide us through the procedure. I watch everything in 3D HD. It’s like having your head right inside the patient.” Patients leave after a few hours of observation to rest and heal in the comfort of their own homes. Now imagine having two or even three procedures done at the same time; all because the robotic technology offers such precise surgeries, with much smaller incision sites, that doing more is actually less. Less time in the hospital, less anesthesia medication, less post-operative pain and less downtime while healing. All of that adds up to less patient stress. When the patients are ready to leave, the friendly valet delivers their car to them (or their designated driver) and sends them on their way home. K.P., a 68-year-old female patient (who prefers not to have her name used), was just delighted with her AMOR experience. Several years ago, K.P. had a hysterectomy. “When the uterus is removed, other organs shift into the cavity that is left behind,” she explains. Dr. Carter performed a sacrocolpopexy, which repairs pelvic prolapse, and moved K.P.’s bowel and bladder back into their proper positions. “We [she and her husband] showed up at 6:15 in the morning, too early for the valet but parking was plentiful and easy.” She was then escorted to the suite and handed a white robe, similar to what you would wear in a spa. Shortly after that, K.P. was being administered IV fluids and walked down a short hallway to the operating room, where she met the da Vinci robot that Dr. Carter used for K.P.’s procedures. By 3:30 that afternoon,
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