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PATIENT NAME:
Fred Allen
LOCATION:
Little Rock, Arkansas
AGE:
55
PROCEDURE:
Radical prostatectomy
Fred

"I will forever be grateful that the treatment route that I chose, da Vinci Surgery, was successful and without complications."

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PATIENT NAME:
Stephanie Muraca
LOCATION:
Liverpool, New York
AGE:
44
PROCEDURE:
Hysterectomy
Stephanie

"I have been a nurse for 24 years and haven't seen anyone be able to return to work and life that quickly after a hysterectomy. I strongly encourage all who are appropriate (candidates) for this procedure to have it this way, with the da Vinci."

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PATIENT NAME:
Raymond
LOCATION:
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
AGE:
56
PROCEDURE:
Radical prostatectomy

"Comparing this surgery to previous surgeries I have had, the recovery period was much quicker and with less pain and discomfort. I would definitely recommend the da Vinci surgery to others who are facing a similar problem."

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PATIENT NAME:
Dennis Murray
LOCATION:
Perris, California
PROCEDURE:
Radical prostatectomy
Dennis

"It was pain-free. I was out of the hospital in a day and a half. Literally two weeks into my recovery I was building bird houses in my garage just to pass the time so I could get to the point were I would be released to go back to work."

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PATIENT NAME:
Marianne
LOCATION:
Atlanta, Georgia
PROCEDURE:
Mitral Valve Repair
Marianne

"I left the hospital without any staples or any stitches. I was totally free to go home and actually didn't have another appointment for another 6 weeks. This is the way to do it, if you can do it this way."

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PATIENT NAME:
Lillian
LOCATION:
,
PROCEDURE:
Hysterectomy
Lillian

"I would not even consider going the old method. I like that robot, I really do. And, actually I have everybody saying, 'I want what you had!'"

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PATIENT NAME:
Sylvia Tippett
LOCATION:
,
AGE:
50
PROCEDURE:
Hysterectomy
Sylvia

"It's mind-boggling to me that I had a total hysterectomy and less than 24 hours later I was headed home and in less than 2 weeks I was back to normal activities. I don't even feel like I've had surgery. That's an amazing thing, I don't feel like I had surgery and I'm less than a month out"

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PATIENT NAME:
Jane Robelot
LOCATION:
Greenville, South Carolina
AGE:
45
PROCEDURE:
Mitral Valve Repair
Jane

"From the bottom of my perfectly healed heart, I thank you (Intuitive Surgical) for all you do."

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PATIENT NAME:
Lawrence
LOCATION:
Santa Barbara, California
AGE:
67
PROCEDURE:
Mitral Valve Repair

"There is absolutely no sense - if you are a viable candidate - to go in through the chest and all the pain, invasiveness, recovery time and everything else involved in that surgery. You may get a slightly better closure of the valve, but certainly not worth the aggravation, pain and recovery time that that involves. This is absolutely the best procedure."

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PATIENT NAME:
Sheldon Hough
LOCATION:
Yucca Valley, California
PROCEDURE:
Radical prostatectomy
Sheldon

"I feel as if have completely cheated cancer. I expected to experience a time where I would be completely incapacitated, followed by a prolonged period of healing, but that was never the case."

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PATIENT NAME:
Kurt Salziger
LOCATION:
Corpus Christi, Texas
AGE:
52
PROCEDURE:
Mitral Valve Repair
Kurt

"Instead of a fatal heart condition, I now have a corrected heart that is expected to provide 'significantly more energy' than I had before the operation. And recovery in a fraction of the normal time. Some people have all the luck. That would be me, fishing just 16 days after heart surgery."

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PATIENT NAME:
Howard Mandeville
LOCATION:
Smithfield, Virginia
AGE:
61
PROCEDURE:
Radical prostatectomy

"It appears to be the apex of technology."

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PATIENT NAME:
Julia
LOCATION:
Orlando, Florida
AGE:
37
PROCEDURE:

"My dreams (of having a baby) are going to be able to come true.."

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PATIENT NAME:
Christina Clark Zoltec
LOCATION:
Kingston, North Carolina
AGE:
36
PROCEDURE:
Hysterectomy
Christina Clark

"I had my son's birthday party, with the works, four days later. I was a little slow, but you know, I would have still been in the hospital if I'd had a traditional hysterectomy."

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PATIENT NAME:
Sandina Turpack
LOCATION:
Mt. Taber, New Jersey
AGE:
61
PROCEDURE:
Sacrocolpopexy
Sandina

"When they offered me the laparoscopic surgery, I said, "Sign me up!" I wanted the less invasive approach and quicker recovery time."

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