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AdvancedTechnologyCentegra Brings Robotic Surgery to McHenry CountyA team of highly skilled physicians and Centegra Associates performedMcHenry County’s first robotic surgery July 6, 2011. The team usedthe newest daVinci Si HD Surgical System to perform a prostatectomy(removal of the prostate) on a 56-year-old patient. The purchase ofthe $2 million robot was just one way Centegra fulfills its mission tobring the latest technology to the people of the region. Robotic surgeryappeals to physicians and to patients who want the latest surgicalinnovations to treat their conditions.Robotic surgery helps physicians perform minimally invasive surgery so theirpatients have fewer complications, experience less blood loss and get out of thehospital more quickly. Patients enjoy more mobility immediately after surgerybecause procedures are performed through four to five incisions, each which isless than a centimeter in length.Although urology was the first specialty to utilize Centegra Health System’srobotic surgery capabilities, other specialties are now exploring the ways roboticsurgery can advance the care they provide to patients in greater McHenryCounty. Centegra continues to work with physicians and Associates to bring themost advanced technology to the people who live in the communities we serve.