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A Surgical Renaissance: da Vinci Robotic System
It’s hard to imagine the reasons a robot might arrive on your doorstep. An automated solicitor? A drone delivering a package? An enforcer of a new artificial intelligence tool? Luckily for Newton-Wellesley Hospital, the robot that just arrived was none of these, but instead a state-of-the-art da Vinci Xi Surgical System—here to lend a helping hand, or really, four of them!
The da Vinci system is a surgical robot that uses advanced computer and optical technologies as an extension of a trained, experienced surgeon. Combining a 3D high definition vision system, special instruments and customized software, the da Vinci allows a surgeon to control four mechanical wrists with enhanced dexterity and control. This increased precision enables minimally invasive surgery, in which much smaller incisions are made in the body as compared with traditional open surgery.
For many patients, minimally invasive da Vinci surgery is a better, safer option than open surgery, as studies have found that patients experience shorter hospital stays, less blood loss, fewer complications, less need for narcotic pain medicine and a faster recovery. Before now, a patient whose physician and care team determined robotic surgery was a top option would have to seek that surgery elsewhere, such as in an academic medical center. Now, patients at Newton-Wellesley will be empowered to choose robotic surgery here, near the comfort and convenience of their homes—guided by a care team they know.
The da Vinci system was acquired as a core step in the launching of our Robotic Surgery Program. The mission of robot-assisted surgery is to offer the patients of Newton-Wellesley the most unique, comprehensive and technologically advanced care in New England. Dr. Francone will begin using the da Vinci Surgical System for colorectal cases in early April, and later this year other surgeons will begin using the system for Surgical Oncology, Urology, Gynecology, General Surgery and Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.