da Vinci® ... Changing the Experience of Surgery at Affinity Medical Center
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a condition that may require surgery, you owe it to yourself to learn about all of your medical options, including the most effective, least invasive surgical treatments available.
The da Vinci® Surgical System provides surgeons with an alternative to both traditional open surgery and conventional laparoscopy, putting a surgeon's hands at the controls of a modern robotic platform. The da Vinci System enables surgeons to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions with unmatched precision.
For the patient, benefits may include:
- Significantly less pain
- Less blood loss
- Less scarring
- Shorter recovery time
- A faster return to normal daily activities
- And in many cases, better clinical outcomes
da Vinci Lobectomy
A da Vinci Lobectomy (removal of the section of the lung containing the tumor) allows for improved access inside the chest cavity and lungs. Because da Vinci Surgery is performed through a few tiny incisions, spreading your ribs to access the lung is avoided. da Vinci is minimally invasive, unlike thoracotomy. Thoracotomy is the traditional way to access the chest cavity; it requires a long incision between the ribs, and often a long and painful recovery.
A da Vinci Lobectomy offers lung cancer patients the benefits of surgery, but with a minimally invasive approach. Those potential benefits include:
- Low cancer reoccurrence, mortality in advanced disease
- Minimal pain, including low postoperative neuralgia (pain caused by nerve damage)
- Low blood loss
- Few complications
- Fast return of pulmonary function
- Short hospital stay
- Fast recovery
Learn More: Thymectomy
Learn More: Pneumonectomy
Learn More: Sleeve Lobectomy
Learn More: Wedge Resection
Learn More: Segment Resection (Segmentectomy)
Mark Tawil, M.D.
Mark Tawil, M.D. is a certified surgeon who is currently using the da Vinci to perform the above Thoracic procedures.
da Vinci Hysterectomy
Traditional open gynecologic surgery, using a large incision for access to the uterus and surrounding anatomy, has for many years been the standard approach to many gynecologic procedures. Yet with open surgery can come significant pain, trauma, a long recovery process and threat to surrounding organs and nerves.
For complex hysterectomies and other gynecologic procedures, robot-assisted surgery with the da Vinci Surgical System may be the most effective, least invasive treatment option. Through tiny, 1-2 cm incisions, surgeons using the da Vinci System can operate with greater precision and control, minimizing the pain and risk associated with large incisions while increasing the likelihood of a fast recovery and excellent clinical outcomes.
Learn More: Uterine Conditions & Treatment
Learn More: da Vinci Hysterectomy
Learn More: Fibroids & Treatment Options
Learn More: da Vinci Myomectomy
If you have any questions or if you are interested in expanding your clinical privileges to include robotic-assisted surgery, please contact Mischel Meredith, R.N., BSN, CNOR, Director, Surgical Services, at 330.837.6865 or Mischel.Meredith@AffinityMedicalCenter.com.