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Article: Robotic arm may revolutionize sinus surgery
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- January 16, 2003
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A unique sinus surgical procedure developed by two doctors at Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center is turning heads in the medical community.
The procedure uses a robotic arm and has helped people like Mark Hada, who said he had trouble breathing for about two years until he had the operation.
"The robot is wonderful stuff," he said. "If I had a problem with my nostril in the future, I wouldn't hesitate to get this procedure again."
Hada, 51, became in February 2001 the eighth patient to have sinus surgery performed by Dr. Marcelo Obando of Kaiser's ENT (Ears Nose Throat) Department with a voice-directed robotic arm.
Obando and Dr. John Payne, general surgeon at Kaiser, developed the technique ...