da Vinci Robot-Assisted Surgery

As one of the first medical centers in the Northwest to perform robot-assisted surgery, Swedish Medical Center is home to the fastest-growing and most experienced robot-assisted surgical program in the region. Swedish established the multidisciplinary robot-assisted surgical program in 2005 and has since performed more than 2,000 robot-assisted surgeries, more than any other program in the region.

Currently, Swedish-affiliated surgeons are using the surgical system to perform minimally-invasive urological, gynecological and thoracic surgeries for diseases such as prostate cancer, kidney cancer, uterine, cervical and ovarian cancer, lung cancer, endometriosis and complex gynecologic reconstruction surgeries.

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[rapmasterRH]

Subscribed. Very interesting stuff

[bigmack1066]

Dr. Porter did my prostatectomy recently and he - and the robot - are even better than he says in this video. In the hospital for 24 hours, bladder and erection control almost immediately, and only Tylenol for discomfort.  And cancer free! I have friends with no control and no erections after conventional surgery. If you are living with prostate cancer, check this out.

[MrSymposier]

It looks pretty dangerous but since the physician is the one "driving" the robot everything should be ok. Besides, one of the davantages is like he said, the robots are more precise and can do and allow doctor see things that maybe he couldn't if doing the surgery manually. For physicians interested in Endometriosis (one of the diseases that can be treated with the robot) there is more information available at Symposier site.