 Robotic surgery allows precise movement of instruments that have a much larger degree of movements. It allows surgeons to have 3D vision, to control multiple instruments at the same time, and to perform operations that previously were too difficult to do laparoscopically or traditional open surgery. The XI is the newest robot that we've been using and that enables us to do the operation quickly and efficiently with the most advanced visualization and technology that comes with it. One of the misconceptions of robotic surgery is that the robot is actually doing the operation. That's not true. All of the actions of the robot are controlled precisely by the surgeon who's sitting at an operating console and controlling all of the actions of the robotic arms during the entire operation. The speed of robotic surgery is the same as traditional laparoscopic surgery. Most surgeons are able to perform their operations in the same amount of time with similar resources. The recovery is much faster. The incisions are small. Pain is less, scarring is less, and the precision is much more accurate. Other advantages to the robotic technology is shorter hospital stays. Patients are able to have a surgery that might have kept them in the hospital from a traditional operation. 3, 4, 5 days are now able to go home. Same day surgery, the next day, it's a much faster recovery. We have a large amount of robotic surgeons in all specialties and we're really able to offer the full spectrum of operations that you'd expect to find at any tertiary care hospital. Anyone in the region that has any issues is brought to Jersey Shore Medical Center because of the large hospital staff and the large amount of specialties that are here at this institution.