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What is Robotic Surgery?

Robotic surgery, or robot-assisted surgery, allows doctors to perform complex procedures with more precision, flexibility and control than is possible with conventional techniques.

The Villages Health utilizes the da Vinci Surgical System, which includes a camera arm and mechanical arms with surgical instruments attached to them. The surgeon controls the arms while seated at a computer console near the operating table, where he/she has a high-definition, magnified, 3-D view of the surgical site. The surgeon then leads other team members who assist during the operation.

Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000, this technique has been rapidly adopted by hospitals in the United States and Europe for use in the treatment of a wide range of conditions and has numerous advantages over conventional surgical procedures.

Benefits of Robotic Surgery

Robotic surgery has a number of advantages over traditional open surgery, including:

Minimally invasive – performed through tiny incisions
Faster recovery
Less pain/blood loss
Smaller wound/scar
Less chance of infection

It’s important to note that, just like any surgery, robotic surgery involves risk, such as a risk of infection and other complications. Talk with your doctor about the benefits and risks of robotic surgery and how it compares with other techniques

Surgeons Who Offer Robotic Surgery

Three of our top surgeons at The Villages Health perform robotic surgery:

Robotic Surgery Treatments & Conditions

Use the list below to explore the conditions our surgeons treat and the corresponding treatments offered using the da Vinci Surgical System.

Conditions
Treatments

Achalasia
Benign Diseases
Cancer
Diverticulitis
Malignant Diseases
Volvulus

Adrenal Gland

Adrenalectomy

Colon

Colectomies
Diverting Colostomies
Low Anterior Resections

Esophagus

Hiatal Hernia Repair
Heller’s Myotomy
Paraesophageal Hernia Repair

Gynecological

Endometriosis Resection
Hysterectomies
Myomectomy
Sacrocolpopexy

Hernias

Femoral
Incisional/ Umbilical
Inguinal
Parastomal
Spigelian

Pancreas

Distal Pancreatectomy
Pancreatic Pseudocyst

Small Bowel

Intussusceptions
Meckel’s Diverticulectomy
Small Bowel Resections

Stomach

Antrectomy
Billroth 1
Billroth 2
Gastrojejunostomy
Partial Gastrectomy
Total Gastrectomy

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