Benefits of Robotic Surgery
Patient benefits may include:
- Reduced pain and trauma to the body
- Less blood loss and need for transfusions
- Less post-operative pain and discomfort
- Less risk of infection
- Shorter hospital stay
- Faster recovery / return to normal daily activities
- Less scarring
Robotic surgery uses a high level computer system to enhance precision, control and dexterity during surgery. In a robotic surgical procedure, a computer is positioned between the surgeon’s hands and the tips of microinstruments, giving surgeons the control, range of motion and 3-D visualization characteristic of open surgery. This allow the surgeon to operate through several small incisions about the size of a dime.