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Major Advancement in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Houston Methodist Cancer Center at Sugar Land is the first in Fort Bend to offer a unique blend of technology that can significantly reduce the number of radiation treatments needed to destroy prostate cancer. For some patients, that means effective doses of radiation can be delivered in just five treatment sessions – with reduced damage to surrounding tissue – compared with … [Read more...]

HMSL physician performs robotic single-site hysterectomy

HMSL is now offering single-site robotic hysterectomies to patients. Duc Le, MD, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, performed the procedure using the da Vinci surgery system, which utilizes advanced robotics, computer and optical technologies to provide enhanced vision, precision and control. Physicians at HMSL use the da Vinci robot to perform a multitude of … [Read more...]

Sixth Consecutive “A” Grade for Patient Safety

HMSL received its sixth consecutive “A” for patient safety in the Fall 2016 Hospital Safety Score ratings program. The Hospital Safety Score is an elite designation from The Leapfrog Group that sets the highest standards for patient safety in the U.S. Developed under the guidance of Leapfrog’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses performance measures from … [Read more...]

Dramatically Improving Wound Care

HMSL is the first in Fort Bend County to use an innovative biotherapy involving fly larvae to save a patient’s infected limb that otherwise would have been amputated. The BioBag®, a unique larval therapy, was used to clean dead tissue from a diabetic patient’s severely infected foot and quickly prepare him for a skin graft, saving him from a below-knee amputation. What would … [Read more...]

Living Magazine Best of Fort Bend County – 2016

Readers of Living Magazine voted for the "Best of" categories in Fort Bend County and Fulshear/Richmond. HMSL and its physicians won the following awards in the health care categories. Best of Fort Bend County - Hospital Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Best of Fort Bend County - Emergency Room Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Best of Fort Bend … [Read more...]

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