Read more about the da Vinci
surgical procedure...
Doctors at
Ventura County Urology Medical Group now have the tools and capabilities
to perform daVinci Prostatectomy (dVP).
We have
acquired the new Robotic da Vinci® surgical
system at the Ventura Community Hospital, allowing our physicians to
take a giant leap forward in the surgical treatment of prostate cancer.
The Ventura County Urology Medical Group is one of only a few groups in the U.S.
currently offering robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy's.
With the state-of-the-art da Vinci computer-enhanced minimally invasive
surgery system, surgeons perform the same procedure done in conventional
dVP but are aided by a three-dimensional computer vision system to
manipulate four robotic arms. A pencil-size video camera held by one of
the arms is inserted through an incision to provide magnified, 3D images
of the surgical site. The 3D view helps the surgeon more easily identify
the delicate nerves and muscles surrounding the prostate. The robotic
arms can rotate a full 360 degrees, allowing the surgeon to manipulate
surgical instruments with greater precision, flexibility, and range of
motion.
This translates into patients experiencing less blood loss, quicker
recovery time (two to three weeks, including just two or three days
initial hospitalization), and fewer side effects, such as urinary
incontinence and sexual dysfunction – a huge consideration for
patients when choosing a treatment option.
The
da Vinci®
Surgical
System can be used for a wide variety of surgical procedures,
including:
- Mitral Valve
Repair
- Nissen
Fundoplication for the treatment of GERD disease
- Gastric
Bypass surgery for obesity
- Radical
Prostatectomy (da Vinci® Prostatectomy)
for the removal of the prostate
- Esophageal
surgery
- Thymectomy
for Myasthenia gravis
- Epicardial
Pacemaker Leads for BiVentricular Resynchronization
The
da Vinci® Surgical System:
- Simplifies
many existing surgeries
- Makes
difficult MIS procedures routine
- Makes new
MIS procedures possible in most surgical specialties
Surgeon
Benefits:
The da Vinci® Surgical System is groundbreaking
technology that extends the surgeon’s capabilities in the following
ways:
- Enhanced
3-D Visualization:
Provides
the surgeon with a true
3-dimensional view of the operating field. This direct and natural
hand-eye instrument alignment is similar to open surgery with
"all-around" vision and the ability to zoom-in and
zoom-out.
- Improved
Dexterity:
Provides
the surgeon with instinctive operative controls that make complex
MIS procedures feel more like open surgery than laparoscopic
surgery.
- Greater
Surgical Precision:
Permits the surgeon
to move instruments with such accuracy that the current definition
of surgical precision is exceeded.
- Improved
Access:
Surgeons perform
complex surgical maneuvers through 1-cm ports, eliminating the need
for large traumatic incisions.
- Increased
Range of Motion: EndoWrist® Instruments
restore full range of motion and ability to rotate instruments more
than 360 degrees through tiny incisions.
- Reproducibility:
Enhances the surgeon’s ability to repetitively perform technically
precise maneuvers such as endoscopic suturing and dissection.
Please review our Questions
and Answers page for more about Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic
Prostatectomy
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