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CarolinaEast Medical Center recently acquired the latest and most advanced robotic-assisted surgery system from da Vinci, a leader in the field. Dr. Ryan Holland, a urologist with CarolinaEast Urology in New Bern, was the first to operate with the new da Vinci Xi robotic-assisted surgery system at CarolinaEast. Holland performed a prostatectomy, a surgery to remove all or part of the prostate gland, on a patient with prostate cancer. CarolinaEast previously used the da Vinci Si robotic-assisted surgery system. The Xi offers many advantages, Holland said. “This one has changed our capabiliti...

Ed Fulcher, 90, a lifelong resident of Morehead City, works every day in his home shop building model boats for sale. About a year ago, Fulcher noticed he couldn’t work in his shop more than 15 minutes without taking a break. He could only walk 20 or 30 feet before he was out of breath. His doctor in Morehead City referred him to Dr. Scott Sample at CarolinaEast Medical Center who, along with Dr. Michael Halligan, performed a transcatheter aortic valve replacement on Fulcher. The procedure, known as TAVR, essentially uses a catheter to implant a new valve in the patient’s heart – like t...