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RHS Unveils da Vinci Surgical System
11/16/2007

Men in the Rock River Valley facing a diagnosis of prostate cancer now have a new weapon in their fight against the disease; the da Vinci Surgical System.

Surgeons have been doing da Vinci surgeries at Rockford Memorial Hospital since September. Officials formally introduced da Vinci to area media on Thursday, November 15.

Read the Rockford Register Star story and watch video with urological surgeon Michael Fumo, M.D., by clicking here.

For more information about the da Vinci Surgical System, click here.