Robotic Surgery
Durham Regional Hospital has welcomed a new surgical assistant to its Operating Rooms- a four-armed surgical robot called the da Vinci Surgical System. To perform procedures, surgeons use the ergonomic console's controls to maneuver the robotic arms, which hold a camera and surgical instruments.
The robot provides surgeons with an alternative to both traditional open surgery and conventional laparoscopy by enabling surgeons to perform complex surgeries through small incisions. The robot is being used at Durham Regional for:
- radical prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer
- radical cystectomy to treat bladder cancer
- pyeloplasty to relieve a uretero-pelvic junction obstruction
- nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy to treat kidney cancer
- sacrocolpopexy for vaginal prolapse
- hysterectomy
- gastric bypass for weight loss surgery
- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
Robotic surgery allows all of the potential benefits of a minimally invasive procedure, including less postoperative pain, less blood loss, less scarring, a shorter hospital stay, a quicker recovery and a faster return to normal daily activities. And, in many cases, a better clinical outcome.
