Patients come from all over to receive care at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. The hospital’s surgical suites are equipped with the most advanced technology to deliver anesthesia and monitor patients throughout their surgical experience. In addition, patients benefit from other forms of state-of-the-art equipment, such as:

·         Laparoscopic technology enables surgeons to directly examine the abdominal organs without large incisions. Using this technology, gall bladder surgery, for example, can be done as an outpatient or overnight stay procedure with far less postoperative recovery time and pain. Laparoscopic technology is also used for various types general, abdominal and gynecologic surgeries.

·         Neuronavigation technology analyzes CT scan or MRI results, using them to map out internal regions of the brain as tissues, nerves and vessels. The technology allows surgeons to localize brain tumors and perform biopsies without damaging surrounding healthy tissue.

·         Sentinel lymph node mapping is a surgical technique in which dyes and radioactive substances are used to identify the first lymph node to which cancer is likely to spread from a tumor. This procedure can reduce the number of lymph nodes that need to be removed in a biopsy.

·         Holmium laser technology is used by Crozer surgeons for tissue cutting and coagulation to provide patients with virtually bloodless procedures. The laser is especially effective in treating urinary and gall bladder stones.  

·         Cryoablation involves the controlled freezing of a particular organ or area of a patient’s body to destroy cancer cells. Crozer surgeons use this procedure to treat a range of tumors.

·         Digital fluoroscopy is high-quality digital imaging technology used to study bodily organs as they work. It is used by surgeons of many specialties, including  vascular surgeons for aortic endograph procedures.