SURGERY Kay Ledesma of Oelwein is thankful to now be cancer-free thanks robot-assisted lobectomy surgery, which is performed only at St. Luke’s.
MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTASSISTED LUNG SURGERY AVAILABLE ONLY AT ST. LUKE’S
Kay Ledesma is now cancer-free thanks to a new minimally invasive surgical procedure now available in Cedar Rapids only at St. Luke’s. Ledesma was one of the first patients to benefit from da Vinci robotic lung surgery at St. Luke’s. The Oelwein woman had a robot-assisted lobectomy last year to remove lung cancer found during a chest X-ray during a bout with bronchitis several years ago.
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“They discovered I had a nodule in the lower lobe of my left lung,” shared Ledesma. “I started seeing Dr. Gogineni, a pulmonologist, and he's been doing CT scans on my chest every six months. He was watching the nodule for changes. The last couple of years, there's been no change, but in 2023 it increased in size.”
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