{"id":105440,"date":"2025-12-30T22:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T22:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105440\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T22:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T22:24:36","slug":"medical-city-mckinney-debuts-new-surgery-robot-called-wilbur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105440\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical City McKinney debuts new surgery robot called \u2018Wilbur\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalcityhealthcare.com\/locations\/medical-city-mckinney-hospital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City McKinney<\/a> officials have unveiled the hospital\u2019s newest surgical robot, named \u201cWilbur\u201d by an Allen ISD 6th grade.<\/p>\n<p>Medical City McKinney received the robot in December, a media spokesperson said in an email. Surgeons will use the robot to complete a variety of minimally invasive procedures, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The new robot will assist in thoracic, general surgery, colorectal, urology and gynecology surgeries. Medical City Healthcare offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalcityhealthcare.com\/specialties\/surgery\/minimally-invasive-surgery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">minimally invasive robotic surgeries<\/a> at multiple North Texas hospitals including locations in Plano and Frisco.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced robotic systems deployed in North Texas allow surgeons to perform advanced surgery with &#8220;unparalleled precision,&#8221; according to Medical City McKinney&#8217;s website. Robotic procedures can lead to less pain and a shorter recovery time, the website states.<\/p>\n<p>Medical City McKinney is a 311-bed acute care hospital with more than 875 physicians. The hospital offers a variety of treatment services including robotic surgery, orthopedics and a neonatal intensive care unit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Medical City McKinney officials have unveiled the hospital\u2019s newest surgical robot, named \u201cWilbur\u201d by an Allen ISD 6th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[47618,47616,47615,47617,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-105440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-healthcare-news-in-mckinney","tag-mckinney-healthcare-news","tag-medical-city-mckinney","tag-new-surgery-robot-at-medical-city-mckinney","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}