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da Vinci® Robotic Surgery
Explore Your Surgery Options
With advancements in medical technology, new treatments enable patients to return to daily activities more quickly. Thanks to these recent technologies, patients have faster recovery times, smaller incisions and lower risks of infection.
In northern Nevada, Renown Regional Medical Center is the first and most experienced provider of the da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System for physician-guided robotic surgery to treat cancer. Renown is committed to meeting the medical needs of the community, providing the latest in skill, expertise and technology.
The benefits to patients are greatly improved with the da Vinci®. Patients usually experience:
- Reduced trauma to the body, resulting in faster recovery times that enable patients to return to their daily activities sooner.
- Significantly reduced blood loss, resulting in less need for blood transfusions.
- Smaller incisions, resulting in less scarring and faster recovery times.
- Lower risk of infection.
- Significantly less post-surgery pain and discomfort.
- Reduced number of days in the hospital.
The da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System offers 3D high-definition imaging and up to ten times magnification that presents a clearer picture of the surrounding tissue and structures in and near the site of the surgery. The minute size of the da Vinci® instruments and the way the system enhances the surgeon's hand and wrist movements gives the surgeon more dexterity, versatility and precision.
Gynecological Surgeries with da Vinci®
The da Vinci Robotic Surgical System can be used for the following gynecological surgeries:
da Vinci® Prostatectomy
The primary goal of prostatectomy is removal of the cancer while preserving urinary and erectile function. Due to it's extreme precision, studies suggest that da Vinci® Prostatectomy may be the most effective, least invasive prostate surgery performed today.1
1. Most effective minimally invasive surgery in terms of cancer control, potency and continence, cancer control being defined in part by margin rates and PSA test scores. The following studies provide support for da Vinci Prostatectomy's effectiveness in these three areas: Ahlering TE, Woo D, Eichel L, Lee DI, Edwards R, Skarecky DW. Robot-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy: a comparison of one surgeon's outcomes. Urology. 2004 May;63(5):819-22. Menon M, Tewari A, Peabody JO, Shrivastava A, Kaul S, Bhandari A, Hemal AK. Vattikuti Institute prostatectomy, a technique of robotic radical prostatectomy for management of localized carcinoma of the prostate: experience of over 1100 cases. Urol Clin North Am. 2004 Nov;31(4):701-17. Tewari A, Srivasatava A, Menon M; Members of the VIP Team. A prospective comparison of radical retropubic and robot-assisted prostatectomy: experience in one institution. BJU Int. 2003 Aug;92(3):205-10. Please also see the Clinical References section of the site for additional clinical support.
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