(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Allegheny Health Network)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network, AHN West Penn Hospital announced today that it is the first U.S. site to participate in a clinical study involving use of the Medtronic Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system in gynecological procedures. This achievement was part of the “Embrace Gynecology” investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical study, which aims to evaluate both the effectiveness and safety of the Hugo RAS system for its use in gynecologic procedures, and this marks a significant step forward in the expansion of minimally invasive options for treatment for women in the United States. The very first procedure which was part of this national study, which was a total hysterectomy (uterus removal), was performed at AHN West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, and was completed successfully by Sarah Crafton, MD and Eirwen Miller, MD, who are both gynecological oncology surgeons.