What is Robotic Surgery?

Robotic surgery is a state-of-the-art minimally invasive option for complex benign and cancerous gastrointestinal conditions. The Da Vinci system features a magnified 3-dimensional high definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist. As a result, Da Vinci enables the surgeon to operate with greater vision, precision, dexterity, and control. During the entire procedure, your surgeon is in 100% control of the Da Vinci system, which translates his or her hand movements into finer, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside your body. Surgeons have used Da Vinci system worldwide in approximately 1.5 million various surgical procedures to date.

The benefits of robotic surgery are the same as other minimally invasive surgery options, such as laparoscopic surgery, including

• less blood loss
• less postoperative pain
• shorter hospital stay
• quicker recovery
• improved cosmesis
• less adhesions
• internal scarring

The conditions most commonly treated in gastrointestinal surgery with robotics are

• colon and rectal cancer
• stomach cancer
• hiatal or paraesophageal hernias
• diverticulitis
• achalasia

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