Colleen M. Feltmate, MD, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology, and Michael G. Muto, MD, performed the first radical hysterectomy in New England in September of 2006. Since that time, the Gynecologic Oncology department has completed more than 100 robot-assisted radical hysterectomy procedures for patients with cervical or endometrial cancers and nearly all radical hysterectomy procedures are now done laparoscopically. In addition to the common robotic surgery benefits noted above, the da Vinci robot also helps gynecological patients to maintain continence and provides an alternative to some obese patients who normally wouldnt qualify for laparoscopic surgery.

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