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Robotic Assisted Surgery at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

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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
  • Sacrocolpopexy

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.

Contact Us

University of Pittsburgh Physicians Division of Gynecologic Specialties

Magee-Womens
Hospital UPMC
300 Halket St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Phone: 412-641-6412

Physicians Using da Vinci Surgical System

General Surgery/Bariatric surgery

Ramesh Ramanathan, MD

Gynecology

Michael J. Bonidie, MD

Megan S. Bradley, MD

John M. Fisch, MD

Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald, MD

James Garver, MD

Lauren E. Giugale, MD

Richard Guido, MD 

Suketu Mansuria, MD

Gnankang Sarah Napoe, MD

Zenaida Rosado, MD

Joseph S. Sanfilipo, MD

Gynecologic oncology

John Comerci, MD

Madeleine Courtney-Brooks, MD 

Joseph Kelley, MD

Alexander B. Olawaiye, MD

Urology

Aisha Taylor, MD

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