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Robotic Surgery
Robotic Surgery
The use of robotics takes minimally invasive techniques into a new era, further minimizing the physical and emotional impact of surgery on patients. Surgeries are performed through small incisions, which replace the large incisions needed for conventional open surgeries.
Patient Benefits
- less patient trauma and pain
- minimal scarring
- less blood loss
- faster recovery
- shorter hospital stays
Robotic Procedures
Advanced Technology
Robotically-assisted minimally invasive surgery, using the da Vinci or Mazor robotic systems, represents a third generation of surgery, one which builds upon the advances to open surgery introduced by minimally invasive surgery. Robotic technology takes surgery beyond the limits of the human hand, introducing precise, versatile instrument movement.
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