Magee offers patients the next generation of surgical techniques with the use of robotic assisted surgery.
This minimally invasive surgery can result in:
- Quicker recovery time
- Less scarring
- Minimal blood loss
The da Vinci® Surgical System
Magee is the first hospital in Pennsylvania to utilize a dual-console da Vinci Surgical System for robotic assisted surgery.
The da Vinci Si dual console HD Surgical System — a sophisticated robotic platform — expands the surgeon’s capabilities, enabling increased dexterity and sharpened precision for improved surgical performance.
Surgeons can perform minimally invasive surgeries and complex procedures:
- Through smaller incisions compared to traditional laparoscopic techniques.
- On patients who were traditionally not cleared for laparoscopic surgeries.
- On patients who may have had weight problems, secondary health issues, or weren’t able to benefit from minimally invasive surgeries because of previous abdominal surgeries.
Other benefits for patients can include:
- Quicker recovery times.
- Shorter hospital stays.
- Decreased pain at the time of surgery.
- Minimal loss of blood during surgeries.
How the da Vinci Si Surgical System Works
Instrumentation, called EndoWrist®, seamlessly translates the surgeon’s wrist and finger movements into precise, real-time movements of surgical instruments.
The surgeon uses this technology, while seated near the patient, at an ergonomically designed console.
With a high-powered camera, the surgeon maneuvers the arms of the robot while viewing a magnified, high-resolution, 3D image of the surgical field.
Learn more about this surgical system at the da Vinci website.
Types of Procedures
The da Vinci Si Surgical System can be used for:
- Mitral valve repair
- Gastric bypass
- Prostatectomy
- The removal of benign and cancerous tumors
- Myomectomy
- Bilateral salpingo oophorectomy (BSO) — removal of both fallopian tubes and ovaries
- Pelvic node dissection
- Ovarian cystectomy
- Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC is the first hospital in western Pennsylvania to perform a hysterectomy using single site robotic technology. This surgical option provides women with a state-of-the-art, minimally invasive approach to gynecologic surgery, with the added benefit of a single incision in the belly button leaving women with one, very small scar.
See our hysterectomy patient education materials to learn more.
