A breakthrough in surgical technology has added a new category of minimally invasive surgery for which you may be a candidate. It is an effective, minimally invasive alternative to both open surgery and laparoscopy. Through the use of the da Vinci® Surgical System, surgeons are now able to offer a minimally invasive option for complex surgical procedures.

Robotic surgery has many benefits including:

• A reduction in recovery time
• A decrease in the number of open surgeries physicians need to perform
• Provides the surgeon a distinct advantage when performing surgery
• Incisions no wider than a fingertip
• A pencil-sized video camera providing magnified, three- dimensional images of the surgical site. The surgeon uses hand controls to guide the system’s three arms equipped with surgical instruments.

An emerging technology for most of the world, robotic-assisted surgery among Sanford Clinic Women’s Health physicians has become fairly routine. With over 1,000 robotic surgeries, these physicians are one of the world’s leaders in gynecologic surgery. When making important healthcare decisions, experience counts.

Robotic surgery provides state-of-the-art technology allowing surgeons to perform even complex surgery using one to two centimeter incisions. Robotic surgery offers a minimally invasive treatment option to the broadest possible range of patients.

Sanford’s Robotic-Assisted Surgery is used in procedures that treat a range of conditions:

• Bladder Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Endometriosis
• Gynecologic Cancer
• Heavy Uterine Bleeding
• Uterine Prolapse

The Robotic-Assisted Surgical System offers many potential benefits over open surgery:

• Reduced pain and trauma to the body
• Less blood loss and need for transfusions
• Less risk of infection
• Shorter hospital stay
• Faster recovery and return to normal daily activities
• Less scarring

Colleen Zuraff - Sanford Clinic Women's Health Patient