Surgical Institute of Reading
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Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
What Is Robotic-Assisted Surgery?
Robotic surgery, like laparoscopic surgery, uses specialized tools attached to a robotic arm that can fit through tiny incisions. With robotic surgery, surgeons sit at the console and direct tiny instruments that mimic hand movements but with a greater range of motion and precision. The robotic arms allow surgeons to make small cuts and insert the instruments (endoscope) into the surgery site. The endoscope is attached to a thin tube with a camera that provides surgeons with three-dimensional (3D) images of the surgical area while performing the procedure.
What Surgeries Can Be Done With Robotic Surgery?
Surgeons who use robotic surgery can perform delicate and complex procedures that may be difficult with other methods, including:
- Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy)
- Hernia repair
- Appendectomy
- Colon Resection
What Are the Advantages of Robotic Surgery?
Robotic surgery has allowed surgeons to operate on patients using much smaller incisions that once needed significant cuts in the body. Surgeons can now perform minimally invasive procedures with precision, flexibility and control that would otherwise have been impossible with traditional methods.
The advantages of robotic surgery include the following:
- Reduced risk of complications, such as infection
- Less pain and bleeding
- Shorter hospital stay
- Faster recovery
- Less scarring
Thomas C Md Beetel, MD
General Surgery
Robert J Do Howard, DO
General Surgery