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Barely two months after becoming the first hospital in France to install Dexter®, the team at Saintonge Hospital has scaled its on-demand robotics program into daily use. On pace to carry out 2-3 procedures per day with Dexter between the urology, gynecology and general surgery team, Saintonge Hospital’s pioneering effort is making meaningful progress towards establishing a new standard of care in the region.

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Saintonge Hospital is the first institution worldwide to introduce on-demand robotics with Dexter® in routine daily use.

Dr. Damien Emeriau and Dr. Guillaume Hugues from the urology department of Saintonge Hospital welcomed the Sud-Ouest newspaper into their OR, to explain how on-demand robotics with Dexter has changed their daily practice.

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Saintonge Hospital is the first healthcare institution in France to purchase and install the novel Dexter® surgical system. Dexter’s clinical versatility will provide on-demand robotic aid to help improve patient outcomes in general surgery, gynecology and urology.

Saintonge Hospital has purchased and installed its first surgical robot: Distalmotion’s Dexter®. This marks the first Dexter installation in France. With its new Dexter system Saintonge Hospital

Today we are announcing the successful completion of urological surgeries with Dexter® – the first and only on-demand robotic surgery platform. In a world-first, Dr. Dominik Böhlen carried out a series of urological procedures using our novel, Swiss-made surgical robot.

Dr. Böhlen and his team leveraged Dexter to assist them in the most difficult work steps during various surgical procedures. One procedure aimed to remove