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World War II Veteran, 100, Weds Boca Beauty, 96,

In France On Anniversary Of Normandy Invasion

President Biden And honor those who sacrificed
their lives that day and in
French President Macron the weeks that followed
to secure victory over the
Congratulate Newlyweds At Nazis, the now 100-year-old
Elysee Palace State Dinner Harold Terens ensured the
beginnings of new, happier
memories by marrying the
Eighty years ago, beautiful Jeanne Swerlin,
then 20-year -old 96, a member of Boca
Harold Terens served Pointe Country Club in
in England and France Boca Raton.
during World War II, The ceremony took place
working on D-Day, in the town of Carentan, a
June 6, 1944, as a radio few miles from Normandy.
mechanic in constant And to make the occasion even more memorable, the
contact with allied happy couple were feted at a special state dinner hosted
fighter planes taking by French President Emmanuel Macron, with President
part in the invasion, Joe Biden on hand to extend his congratulations!
many of whose pilots Photos provided by the bride’s daughter, Jodi Weisfeld
never returned. of Delray, show the new Mrs. Terens glowing in a lovely
During this year’s pink dress and the groom looking handsome and dapper
annual commemorative in a navy blue suit.
visit to Normandy to

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SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH CARE By Sue MacDonald

Robotic Surgery Targets Common

Gynecological Cancers Among Women

The same robotic technologies that al- It’s like a car —the driver has to turn it
low cardiac specialists to perform del- on, steer it, speed it up, clutch it, and
icate surgeries inside the human heart stop it to get from Point A to Point B.
and send hip replacement patients The robotic capabilities allow us to be
home the same day with new artificial more delicate with tissues so there’s less
joints are offering similarly profound trauma, less disruption, shorter down
benefits for women experiencing gyne- time and less pain.”
cological cancers.
Robotic instruments also allow sur-
Whether they are diagnosed with cer- geons to access hard-to-reach tumors
vical or ovarian cancer, or facing a hys- and cancers, including those that are
terectomy because of uterine/endome- recurring or have invaded nearby tissue.
trial cancer, women can experience less
invasive surgeries with less blood loss The benefit for patients: less blood loss
and quicker recoveries thanks to the during surgery and quicker recoveries/
presence of robotic surgical systems in view of the surgical field, compared to “The DaVinci platform allows for the healing for gynecologic cancers and
the operating suite, says Dr. Michael traditional laparoscopic surgery.” surgeon’s right eye and left eye to have lung cancer.
Worley Jr., a women’s cancer specialist actual depth perception and greater
at Jupiter Medical Center’s Anderson Jupiter Medical Center’s cancer special- dexterity than laparoscopic surgery,”
Family Cancer Institute. ists and surgeons deploy the DaVinci 5 he notes, “and it increases the types of
robotic surgery platform at The Johnny complex surgeries we can do robotically
Some women, in fact, are sent home the & Terry Gray Surgical Institute, which because it improves our vision.”
same day after a hysterectomy, thanks opened in late 2023.
to the precision and minimally invasive Robotic-surgery instruments also mim-
nature of robotic surgery. Technology beyond laparoscopy ic the more fluid movements of human
hands and wrists, compared with lap-
“Since the beginning of robotics as the Robotic surgery’s benefit is that is pro- aroscopic instruments that tend to be
platform on which minimally invasive vides better visual acuity and manual more rigid, he explains.
surgeries have evolved, the optics and dexterity for surgeons as they operate,
dexterity for surgeons have improved, explains Dr. Worley. Laparoscopy in- “Cancer-based surgeries that used to be
resulting in better patient outcomes,” volves manipulating tiny surgical in- done only through open surgery can
says Worley. “Robotic surgery has al- struments through small incisions on now be done robotically,” notes Dr.
lowed us to do significantly more com- the patient’s abdomen to the exact spot Worley. “And it’s important to point Michael J. Worley, Jr, MD
plex procedures but through smaller where surgery is performed, whether out that the robot doesn’t do anything
incisions. These new surgical systems doctors are removing a defective ovary autonomously. It’s not a robot doing For information about robotic surgery
provide binocular vision, which allows or an entire uterus. surgery. The instruments are really and capabilities at Jupiter Medical Center,
for depth perception and an improved extension of what we do as surgeons. visit jupitermed.com/robotics.
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