Evergreen acquires new robotic surgery system
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center has acquired a new robotic surgery system. The system will be used to treat prostate and gynecological cancers as well as to perform urological, gynecological and general surgery.
The system, call the Da Vinci Surgical System, allows surgeons to operate through dime-sized incisions to operate in hard to reach areas of the body.
Instead of working over the patient, the surgeons work at a computer console near by, viewing the operation through a small high-definition camera that provides an up-close, three-dimensional view the area where they are working.
The surgeons control their instruments through the computer, which gives the surgeons super-human control over the instruments and eliminates any tremor that every human hand has.
PHOTO CREDITS: Photos of the DaVinci device © 2009 Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
To learn more:
- Visit Evergreen Hospital Medical Center’s Web page on its robot-assisted surgery program.
- Visit the Web site of the manufacturer Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- Read LocalHealthGuide’s story about program at Swedish Medical Center, which provides more detail and background about robotic-surgery systems.
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Recently relocated from the Seattle area, I am currently living in Bucks County, PA . When researching local information, I came across this video demonstration of the DaVinci Imaging Machine at http://www.cburology.com/central_bucks_county_urology_services.htm#davinciimagingmachine from the website of CBUrology.com (Central Bucks Urology of Doylestown PA) It’s quite remarkable to see the future of surgery!