Dr. Thomas believes experience indeed matters. He says performing more robotic procedures exposes the surgeon to a wide range of anatomy, disease presentations and surgical challenges. That experience helps inform decision-making before, during and after surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s also better for patients,\u201d he says, \u201cbecause experience helps the surgeon manage more complex cases minimally invasively. It enhances efficiency, lowers the likelihood of converting to an open procedure, improves recognition and management of unexpected findings and reinforces patient-centered decision-making.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPerhaps most importantly,\u201d he adds, \u201cexperience provides judgment. It helps determine not only how to perform an operation, but whether surgery is the right option and which approach is best suited for each patient.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Michael Pasquale, MD, Physician in Chief, Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence, the 5,000th achievement also reflects the dedication and support of the many individuals who have contributed to the success of the robotic surgery program.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRobotic surgery is a team effort,\u201d he says, \u201cand I am grateful for the collaboration of our operating room staff, anesthesia teams, nurses, advanced practice clinicians, residents, fellows, hospital leadership and physician colleagues who have helped make this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Thomas believes experience indeed matters. He says performing more robotic procedures exposes the surgeon to a wide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-237929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}