Walter Tower Brings Surgical Innovation to Texas Medical Center

Some of the exciting technologies that will be functioning in this environment include an intraoperative MRI, an innovation that allows surgeons to image a patient as they are undergoing brain surgery; a Gamma Knife, a non-invasive alternative to traditional brain surgery that delivers high doses of radiation with pinpoint accuracy and without harming healthy tissue; and the latest in robotic surgery.

Having access to this new technology, all in one place, is incredibly exciting, both for surgeons and patients. The center’s new hybrid ORs will support a new wave of minimally invasive cardiac and neuro-surgical procedures, helping patients recover more quickly and reducing much of the risk normally involved with these types of operations.

A patient-focused approach

Normally, patients would have to have diagnostic testing such as MRIs on an outpatient basis, but with the ability to image the patient during surgery, it will not only make procedures more expedient and efficient, but it will dramatically shorten time spent in the hospital and support a much better quality of life overall. Surgeons can look at results during the procedure and adjust as needed.

According to surgeons and medical personnel in the know, the building supplies patient-focused options that simply do not exist at any other facility or medical center anywhere in America.

For more than 50 years, Houston Methodist Hospital had built a storied history of surgical firsts. Under the direction of Dr. Michael DeBakey, some of the most important advances in heart surgery were pioneered under their roof. At the age of 97, DeBakey himself underwent an aortic dissection, a procedure that he himself developed. He continued to practice medicine up until his death at the age of 99 and through the course of his life was awarded a long list of honors and awards for his contribution to cardiac medicine. It is only fitting that the new cardiac center should bear his name as it is extending the legacy of innovation and compassionate, patient-focused care that he built the foundations of more than 50 years ago.

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On the opening of Walter Tower, Houston should be doubly proud. It will most certainly bring an influx of world-class surgical talent as well as patients who are seeking the best possible care they can get.

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