FOX4: Saint Luke's surgeon first to perform cutting edge Robotic Whipple surgery in KC

Saint Luke's is among the first in Missouri and the only hospital in the Kansas City metro to perform the cutting edge Robotic Whipple procedure.

FOX4 talked to Dr. Lee Cummings, surgeon with Saint Luke's Liver & Transplant Specialists, about how the innovative procedure is a game-changer for qualifying patients with pancreatic cancer.

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