Robotic surgery-a leader in minimally invasive procedures

Shorter surgery time. Shorter hospital stays. Less pain medication needed. Faster healing time. These are just some of the benefits to robotic surgery. At MercyOne, we have the most up to date robotic surgery technology, the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. This robot can be used for a range of surgical procedures and is optimized for areas of gynecology, urology and general surgery.

"Not only does this mean more surgeries for MercyOne, but this also means shorter hospital stays for our patients than in the past,” said surgical equipment tech Dave Ebel. “The set-up time has decreased with the new technology, making surgery time less.”

The surgeon is always 100% in control of the robotic-assisted da Vinci System, which translates their hand movements into smaller, precise movements of tiny instruments inside the patient’s body. The Xi System’s 3D-HD vision system provides surgeons a highly magnified view, virtually extending their eyes and hands into the patient.

“You basically have joysticks and you put your hands in them and it automatically turns the arms of the robot. You’re sitting at the console with something similar to virtual reality,” said general surgeon Scott Hinze, DO, FACOS.

Key features of the da Vinci Xi System include:

• An overhead instrument arm architecture designed to facilitate anatomical access from virtually any position
• An endoscope digital architecture that creates a simpler, more compact design with improved vision definition and clarity
• An ability to attach the endoscope to any arm, providing flexibility for visualizing the surgical site
• Smaller, thinner arms with newly designed joints that offer a greater range of motion than ever before
• Longer instrument shafts designed to give surgeons greater operative reach