Robotic Surgery Program in General Surgery

Eren Berber, MD, has performed Cleveland Clinic’s first robotic liver resection, as part of the Surgery Institute’s new robotic surgery program. The first robotic liver resection was done in early December 2008, for a patient with hepatocellular cancer. Since then, three additional patients have undergone robotic liver resection successfully for metastatic liver cancer. All patients were able to return home within two to three days after their surgeries. Within the robotic program, Dr. Berber has also performed three robotic laparoscopic transabdominal adrenalectomies for adrenocortical adenomas. All patients were able to go home the next day.