Robotic Myomectomy

Robotic Myomectomy Gets Debi Bush Back in the Classroom 

(PLANO, TX, March 24, 2011) – Debi Bush, a 4th grade teacher in Plano, knew something was wrong when heavy monthly cylces began disrupting her day. 

A sonogram showed a uterine fibroid the size of a softball that soon grew to the size of a grapefruit. At Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, Debi chose to undergo a robotically assisted myomectomy.  

“I liked the precision that this technology gave my surgeon. I really trusted my doctor and the people at Baylor Plano.” After a week’s recovery, compared to more than two weeks with traditional surgery, Debbie was back in the classroom. “It’s wonderful. Now I’m able to focus on my job and enjoy being with my students.” 

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is the first hospital in north Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive surgery through the FDA approved da Vinci®   S Surgical System, a robotic platform designed to enable complex procedures through 1-2 cm incisions.  Potential patient benefits include a shorter hospital stay, less pain, less risk of infection, less blood loss, fewer transfusions, less scarring, faster recovery and a quicker return to normal daily activities. 

Through the Baylor Plano Women’s services department, women have access to a registered nurse to help patients navigate their way through the sea of services and resources available at Baylor Plano.  The certified patient care nurse navigator assists patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis with physician referrals, follow-up care, recovery services, education and connection to various programs, support groups and services throughout the hospital. Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is proud to offer a new and free breast health program to women throughout the community. The MammaCare® Breast Self Exam Class is designed to help women build confidence and skill in breast self examination.  

For a physician referral or for more information about women’s services, call 1.800.4BAYLOR or visit us online at www.BaylorHealth.com/PlanoWomen. 

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 112-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopaedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women’s services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano and at the Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, an outpatient department of Baylor Plano. The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System.  Baylor Plano is a 2010 recipient of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence and houses an Accredited Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons Commissions on Cancer. Baylor Plano is the only hospital in Collin County and one of six in Texas to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For more information, or a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4-BAYLOR or log onto www.BaylorHealth.com/Plano. 

About Baylor Health Care System

Baylor Health Care System is a faith-based supporting organization providing services to a network of acute care hospitals and related health care entities that provide patient care, medical education, research and community service. Baylor recorded more than 2.6 million patient encounters, $3.8 billion in total operating revenue, $4.4 billion in total assets and $513.5 million in community benefit in fiscal year 2010.  Baylor’s network of more than 260 access points includes 26 owned/operated/ ventured/affiliated hospitals, 23 joint ventured ambulatory surgical centers, 50 satellite outpatient locations, four senior centers and 156 HealthTexas physician clinics.  

Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System¹s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano or Baylor Health Care System.