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Pioneering Robotic Surgery - Penn State Hershey Medical Center

http://pennstatehershey.org Pioneering robotic surgery James Bittenbender is retired now but for years he made his living as a cook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. A smoker for almost 50 years he was diagnosed recently with cancer of the upper portion of his voice box. Head and neck cancers account for approximately 5% of all cancers in the United States. They are more common in men and in people over 50 years old. For James Bittenbender it all started with a scratchy throat. Dr. David Goldenberg now uses robotic surgery technology to remove head and neck cancers in a way never done before and James Bittenbender's cancer is a good candidate for the new procedure saving him a lot of time, pain and possible disfigurement. Not anymore. With the help of robot assisted technology surgeons can go through the patient's mouth to remove tumors which is especially effective with cancers of the upper portion of the throat. Dr. Goldenberg is continuing to pioneer new uses for robotic surgery. He recently removed a cancerous tumor near the base of a patient's skull through a very small incision in the neck. The first surgery of its' kind.