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Robotic Surgery Benefits

Robotic Surgery Benefits

da Vinci® Robotic Prostatectomy: A Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure

When facing a diagnosis of prostate cancer, it is important to learn about all treatments and surgical options.If your doctor recommends surgery to treat your prostate cancer, you may be a candidate for a new, less-invasive sur­gical
procedure called da Vinci® Robotic Prostatectomy. This Robotic Prostatectomy procedure incorporates a state-of-the-art surgical system that helps your surgeon see vital anatomical structures more clearly and to perform a more precise surgical procedure.

Why da Vinci® Surgery?

With the da Vinci® System, surgeons operate through a few small incisions instead of a large open incision – similar to traditional laparoscopy. The da Vinci® System features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and special wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist. da Vinci® enables your doctor to operate with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control.

As a result of da Vinci® technology, da® Vinci Prostatectomy offers many potential benefits when compared to traditional open surgery, including:
  • More precise removal of cancerous prostate
  • While nerve sparing surgery is possible regardless of surgical approach, studies suggest nerve sparing surgery with da Vinci® enables:
  • Faster return of erectile (sexual) function: Studies show patients who are potent prior to da Vinci® Surgery experience a faster return of erectile function than previously potent patients who have open surgery
  • Better chance for return of urinary continence: Recent studies show more patients with da Vinci® Surgery have full return of urinary continence within 3-6 months as compared to patients having open surgery
  • Minimal blood loss
  • No need for a blood transfusion
  • Less pain
  • Lower risk of complications
  • Lower risk of wound infection
  • Same or next morning discharge home
  • Less chance of hospital readmission
  • Fewer days with catheter
  • Less risk of deep vein thrombosis (life-threatening condition where a blood clot forms deep in the body)
  • Faster recovery  and return to normal activities

As a result of da Vinci® technology, da Vinci® Prostatectomy offers the following potential benefits compared to traditional laparoscopy:

  • More patients return to pre-surgery erectile function at 12-month checkup
  • Faster return of urinary continence
  • Lower risk of complications
  • Less blood loss and need for a transfusion
  • Less chance of nerve injury
  • Less chance of injuring the rectum
  • Shorter operation
  • Less risk of deep vein thrombosis (life-threatening condition where a blood clot forms deep in the body)
  • Shorter hospital stay
  • Less chance of hospital readmission
  • Less chance of needing follow-up surgery

The da Vinci® Surgical System is used in 4 out of 5 radical prostatectomies in the U.S.

State-of-the-art da Vinci® uses the latest in surgical and robotics technologies and is beneficial for performing complex surgery. Dr. Razdan is 100% in control of the da Vinci® System, which translates his hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside your body. da Vinci® – taking surgery beyond the limits of the human hand.

Experienced Physicians like Dr. Razdan using the da Vinci® System has performed well over 9,000 surgical procedures to date and counting. The da Vinci® Surgical System has revolutionized the experience of surgery for people around the world.

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