Understanding da Vinci Robotic Surgery

Overview
Da Vinci surgery is a type of robotic surgery of that enables less invasive and more precise surgical techniques and procedures in a number of medical fields. Among one of the most recent innovative surgical technologies, da Vinci robotic surgery offers surgeons more options for minimally invasive as well as complex and complicated surgical procedures. Da Vinci surgery is an option in a variety of medical surgical fields, including:

• General surgery - colorectal cancer or bariatric surgical procedures
• Cardiovascular surgery - robotic coronary artery bypass or mitral valve repair
• Urology - radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, partial or nephrectomy, kidney stone, and bladder surgical procedures

De Vinci robotic surgical procedures have been available for about five years and the technology successfully utilized in thousands of procedures in facilities around the globe, with clinical publications throughout the world lauding its efficacy and safety.

What Is da Vinci Robotic Surgery?
De Vinci robotic surgery utilizes various forms of robotic equipment, including robotic assisted laparoscopic, endoscopic, and thoracoscopy surgical procedures. Robotic surgery combines computer assisted technologies with fine surgical tools to provide enhanced access to various body areas, often utilizing special scopes and equipment controlled by surgeons via a monitor in the operating room.

Robotic surgery enables and surgeons to make extremely precise and controlled movements than traditional open-surgical techniques and procedures. Robotic surgery requires only very small one to two centimeter length incisions rather than the large incisions traditionally required for many basic surgical procedures.

For example, an individual requiring coronary bypass may no longer be required to undergo open chest surgery that involves an 8 to 10-inch chest incision, cut ribs and sternum, and potential internal organ damage, bleeding or potential life threatening complications. Utilizing da Vinci robotic surgery, individuals will instead be able to undergo the procedure with a minimum of several small 1 to 2-cm long incisions between the ribs for access to the cardiac muscle.

The same benefits apply to other forms of general surgery, gynecological surgical procedures, surgical procedures to larger organs such as the prostate, kidneys, and bladder to smaller organs such as the thyroid.

Benefits of Robotic Surgery
A number of benefits over traditional surgery can be enjoyed by patients choosing this technology, including:

• Reduced risk of infection
• Shorter hospital stays
• Reduced blood loss
• Reduced pain and scarring
• Faster recovery time

State-of-the-art robotic and computer technology enables a surgeon to view the operating field through a special scope, utilizing fine hand movements that correspond with moments of robotic arms utilizing miniaturized equipment attached to the surgeon's wrist. The surgeon controls the movements of the robotic arms and instruments in a magnified field viewer within the operating room, allowing surgeons to perform even the most difficult and complex surgical procedures regardless of operating area size.

Facilities such as the Group Florence Nightingale Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, offers highly trained surgeons utilizing the da Vinci to offer the benefits of minimally invasive surgical procedures to international travelers seeking state-of-the-art surgical technology that is also affordable. " We offer global solutions in healthcare," says Caglar Kural of Florence Nightingale. "For the best in technological applications in medical care, surgeons at Florence Nightingale are able to offer the best in minimally invasive surgeries in a large number of medical specialties."

Da Vinci robotic surgical procedures are considered to be even more minimally invasive than laparoscopic procedures, which are themselves a drastic improvement over open surgical techniques. For example, an individual undergoing a radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer may lose approximately 1355 milliliters of blood in an open surgical procedures, 380 ml in a laparoscopic procedure, but only 109 ml in da Vinci robotics surgical procedures. Complications, cancer control, and restored function, recuperation time and hospital stays are also extremely shortened by utilizing robotic surgical techniques.

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