da Vinci™ Robotic Surgery

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese is home to the da Vinci Xi Surgical System – one of the most advanced, state-of-the-art robotic surgery technologies available in the world today.

Robotic-Assisted da Vinci® surgery is a minimally invasive surgery that allows specially trained surgeons to use the da Vinci Surgical System to perform a wide range of delicate and complex operations through a few small incisions.

The surgeon views the surgical site through a magnified 3D high-definition console system and controls tiny instruments that bend and rotate far greater than a human wrist, while minimizing movement and hand tremors. As a result, the da Vinci system enables surgeons to operate with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity, and control.

Though it is often called a "robot," the da Vinci system cannot act on its own. Surgery is performed entirely by the surgeon who controls the da Vinci system.

Advantages of robotic surgery:

• Surgery is minimally-invasive, with reduced scarring
• Smaller incisions
• Reduced pain and trauma to the body
• Shorter hospital stay
• Less pain medication is required
• Faster recovery and return to normal daily activities