Robotic Assisted Surgery
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC offers patients the next generation of surgical techniques with the use of robotic assisted surgery. This minimally invasive surgery can result in:
- Quicker recovery time
- Less scarring
- Minimal blood loss
Magee is the first hospital in Pennsylvania to utilize a dual-console da Vinci® Surgical System for robotic assisted surgery.
Benefits of Robotic Assisted Surgery
The da Vinci® Si dual console HD Surgical System — a sophisticated robotic platform — expands the surgeon’s capabilities, enabling increased dexterity and sharpened precision for improved surgical performance.
Surgeons can perform minimally invasive surgeries and complex procedures:
- Through smaller incisions compared to traditional laparoscopic techniques
- On patients who were traditionally not cleared for laparoscopic surgeries
- On patients who may have had weight problems, secondary health issues, or weren’t able to benefit from minimally invasive surgeries because of previous abdominal surgeries
Other benefits for patients can include:
- Qquicker recovery times
- Shorter hospital stays
- Decreased pain at the time of surgery
- Minimal loss of blood during surgeries
Types of Procedures
The da Vinci® Si Surgical System can be used for:
- Mitral valve repair
- Gastric bypass
- Prostatectomy
- the removal of benign and cancerous tumors
- myomectomy
- bilateral salpingo oophorectomy (BSO) - removal of both fallopian tubes and ovaries
- pelvic node dissection
- ovarian cystectomy
- Hysterectomy
How The da Vinci® Si Surgical System Works
Instrumentation, called EndoWrist®, seamlessly translates the surgeon’s wrist and finger movements into precise, real-time movements of surgical instruments.
The surgeon uses this technology, while seated near the patient, at an ergonomically designed console.
With a high-powered camera, the surgeon maneuvers the arms of the robot while viewing a magnified, high-resolution, 3-D image of the surgical field.
Learn more about this surgical system at the da Vinci® Surgical System website.