What is the da Vinci Xi Surgical System?
The da Vinci Surgical System is a tool that utilizes advanced, robotic, computer and optical technologies to assist your surgeon with your operation. It does not act on its own and its movements are controlled by your surgeon.
The da Vinci Surgical System has a 3D high definition (3D-HD) vision system, special instruments and computer software that allow your surgeon to operate with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control. The 3D-HD image is highly magnified, so your surgeon has a close-up view of the area he or she is operating on. The da Vinci instruments have mechanical wrists that bend and rotate to mimic the movements of the human wrist – allowing your surgeon to make small, precise movements inside your body. And, da Vinci software can minimize the effects of a surgeon’s hand tremors on instrument movements.
What is da Vinci Xi Surgery and how can it help me?
da Vinci Surgery is a less invasive technique than what is referred to as “open” surgery. With da Vinci Surgery, the cuts (incisions) made in your body by your surgeon are much smaller than the cut made during open surgery. da Vinci Surgery is therefore considered “minimally invasive surgery.”
Studies of da Vinci Surgery have shown the following benefits in comparison to open surgery:
- A shorter hospital stay
- Less blood loss
- Fewer complications
- Less need for narcotic pain medicine
- A faster recovery
- Smaller incisions associated with minimal scarring
Since its introduction, da Vinci Surgery has greatly reduced the number of open surgeries for common operations (such as hysterectomy and prostatectomy). Thanks to da Vinci technology, more patients have been offered minimally invasive surgery (MIS) than at any other time in history.
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Our Xi Surgical Robot Physicians
OBGYN
Brian E. Dix, M.D., Bay Area Physicians for Women
Glenn Gallaspy, III., M.D., Azalea City Physicians for Women, P.C.
Danilo Herrera, M.D., Bay Area Physicians for Women, P.C.
Margaret Krueger, D.O., Azalea City Physicians for Women, P.C.
Lauren Lambrecht, M.D., Azalea City Physicians for Women, P.C.
Hope McLean, M.D., Women’s Village of Mobile
Helen Rogers, M.D., Bay Area Physicians for Women, P.C.
Lauren Self, M.D., Azalea City Physicians for Women
John Val-Gallas, M.D., Bay Area Physicians for Women, P.C.
Urology
William Sanderson, M.D., Urology Associates
Joseph Schultz, M.D., Urology Associates
William Terry, M.D., Urology Associates
Surgeons
Barry Ballard, M.D., Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A.
Daniel R. Lane, M.D., Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A.
Timothy W. Mansour, M.D., Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A.
Greg Quatrino, M.D.. Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A.
Forrest Ringold, M.D., Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A.
Dusty Smith, M.D., Surgical Association of Mobile, P.A.
For more information about clinical evidence related to da Vinci Surgery, please visit www.intuitivesurgical.com/company/clinical-evidence.