Robotic-assisted technology introduced to Rice Hospital
January 19, 2016

WILLMAR—When Dr. Thomas Lange removes a patient’s gall bladder or Dr. Jennifer Lee-Pentz performs a simple hysterectomy, their snips and sutures are careful, dexterous and precise.
Except they’re not standing directly over the patient. They’re a few feet away, using robotic technology to perform the surgery.
Rice Memorial Hospital introduced robotic-assisted surgery last summer for a handful of selected procedures. As local use of the technology slowly grows, hospital officials hope it will