What You Need To Know
Hackensack Meridian Health is proud to announce that surgeons at Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center performed their 5,000th robotic surgery. The surgical team at JFK University Medical Center uses advanced robotic technology to perform a wide range of surgical procedures. The program’s focus on safety has resulted in excellent patient outcomes.
JFK University Medical Center’s robotic surgical system is optimized for complex surgeries and offers patient benefits that can include:
- Less pain and discomfort, decreasing the need for narcotics
- Minimal scarring
- Shorter hospital stays
- Faster recovery times
- Less blood loss
- Fewer complications
- Less risk of infections
Robotic surgery provides surgeons with multiple advantages including a magnified field, 3-dimensional view, increased precision, and the ability to perform complex procedures with small instruments through small incisions.
Features such as our dual consoles enable surgeons to work together to complete complex surgical procedures. This technology is also helping to educate the next generation of surgeons. Surgical residents and medical school faculty work side-by-side with lead surgeons to learn about and participate in complex procedures.
JFK University Medical Center will continue to invest in its robotic technology program by adding new robots in 2024, recruiting new world-class surgeons, and continuing to acquire the latest imaging and diagnostic tools that will help improve surgical outcomes by detecting disease earlier and more accurately.
JFK University Medical Center is a hub for robotic surgery in the central region because of its highly specialized team of surgeons who are treating some of the most complex cases and delivering exceptional results.