Hoodline: Coconut Grove Hospital Performs Florida’s First Magnetic Surgery — No Human Hand on the Blade

Hoodline reported that HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Coconut Grove performed the first magnetic surgery in Florida, using the Levita Magnetics MARS platform.

Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz performed these first bariatric procedures. MARS uses an external magnet to position instruments inside the abdomen, which can reduce the number of incisions and gives the surgeon direct control of the camera and retraction.