Health & Fitness
After 30 Years, A New Hope
How a revolutionary robotic procedure at Hackensack ended one cancer survivor's decades-long struggle with painful lymphedema.
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For nearly three decades after surviving breast cancer, Nora Ambros lived with a painful and constant reminder of her battle: severe lymphedema that caused her arm to swell, limiting her life and her confidence. She learned to hide it, to live with the discomfort, and to accept it as her new normal.
But a second diagnosis brought an unexpected discovery. Hackensack University Medical Center had become the first hospital in New Jersey to acquire a revolutionary robotic technology, the Symani® Surgical System. This groundbreaking platform allows surgeons to perform microsurgery with a level of precision that was once unimaginable.
Under the care of Robert Van, M.D., and Richard M. Winters, M.D., Nora became the very first patient to undergo a robotic lymphovenous bypass. The procedure aimed to do what was previously thought to be nearly impossible: repair vessels thinner than a human hair to restore her body’s natural flow.
Did it work? For the first time in decades, Nora is wearing short sleeves, living with less pain, and feeling a sense of freedom she thought she had lost forever.
Click to read the full, inspiring story of how this game-changing technology is offering new hope to cancer survivors and changing lives, one microscopic stitch at a time.
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