Page 32 - Southern Exposure - November '23

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Good Samaritan Medical Center Invests

In Life-Enhancing Technology

And Better Cancer Care Solutions

At Good Samaritan Medical Center, through the catheter, even when positioned in tortuous
we’ve invested in life-enhancing airways. After advancing around tight-radius bends of
technology and better cancer care the catheter, the needle deploys into the target location
solutions, so our patients have access on a straight path.
to quality care. That’s why we’re During biopsy, Ion’s Biopsy Marker feature lets
excited to announce we now offer a physicians systematically track multiple biopsy attempts
minimally invasive robotic-assisted and helps visualize different biopsy needle trajectories. If
bronchoscopy procedure with Ion. real-time confirmation of a representative tissue sample
Lung cancer is the leading cause is available, the physician can redirect subsequent biopsy
of cancer deaths. However, when attempts into the confirmed target area.
diagnosed at the earliest stage, known Ion made by Intuitive, maker of the da Vinci surgical
as stage IA-1, the average five-year system, is built on more than two decades of leadership
survival rate is 92 percent. in robotic-assisted technology. Our institution has chosen
Early-stage diagnosis can be the Ion robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system because it
difficult, but the Ion endoluminal provides more reach, more stability, and more precision.
system may help obtain tissue samples Our investment in Ion complements our robotic-
that facilitate a diagnosis. Ion is a assisted surgical program, enabling patients to receive
robotic-assisted platform for minimally all care – from biopsy to surgery – at our hospital.
invasive biopsy in the lung. Ion enables To sign up for a lung cancer screening at Good
physicians to obtain tissue samples from deep within the during navigation. Once the pulmonary nodule is reached, Samaritan Medical Center, please call (561) 650-6441.
lung, addressing a challenging aspect of lung biopsy. It may the catheter locks in place. The Flexision biopsy needle,
TM
also help patients avoid subsequent biopsies by helping a flexible biopsy needle compatible with Ion, then passes Medical Matters on page 33
enable a diagnosis through the samples obtained.
The system features an ultra-thin, ultra-maneuverable
and unprecedented stability enables the precision needed Experience Dentistry with a Woman’s Touch
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