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Special Report - Special Report - October 25, 2012
Partial kidney removal via Robotics
Surgeon here has performed 10 such imaging-enhanced procedures, touts benefits

By Kim Crompton
Of the Journal of Business

Dr. Thomas N. Fairchild says he began performing the procedures about a year ago and believes they will become more common here as awareness about them grows.
Dr. Thomas N. Fairchild says he began performing the procedures about a year ago and believes they will become more common here as awareness about them grows.
—Staff photo by Kim Crompton
A robotic surgical system that Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital acquired last year that features what's called integrated fluorescence imaging capability is enabling a surgeon here to do more partial kidney removals on cancer patients.

The surgeon, Dr. Thomas N. Fairchild, of Spokane Urology PS, says he has performed 10 such procedures during about the last year to remove tumors and is enthused about the long-term potential it has to improve outcomes for...


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