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Firefly™ technology is a new tool used during robotic surgery. Firefly uses a dye that highlights the difference between cancerous tissue and healthy tissue, thus enhancing the surgeon's ability to avoid removing healthy tissue and capturing all of the cancerous tissue more precisely.
A surgery using Firefly has the advantages of a robotic procedure, with even greater accuracy including:
Here is a general idea of what you can expect:
Firefly technology is especially effective during surgery to treat:
In the past, the entire organ was removed. However, with Firefly technology, surgeons can often remove just the tumor. This is because with Firefly:
If you would like to learn more about robotic surgery at St. Anthony's Hospital, please call (727) 253-4215.