Stanley Lech

"I figured if I was going to have the surgery, I’d like to have the best, and I believe I did."

Stanley Lech is lucky his wife, Nancy, gives him a little push now and then. And both Stanley and Nancy feel lucky that Cooley Dickinson has opened its Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Program.

Here at Home: Innovative Surgical Care Debuts at Cooley Dickinson Hospital

By opening its Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Program at the Kittredge Surgery Center, Cooley Dickinson joined only 10 percent of hospitals nationwide that offer the da Vinci(r) S Surgical System. The da Vinci S provides surgeons with an alternative to open surgeries and conventional laparoscopy, and enables them to perform the most complex and delicate procedures with precision through much smaller incisions.