Robotic Heart Surgery with the DaVinci Robot

Allen Raczkowski, MD practices at Banner Heart Hospial.

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Audio:  Sound of heart beating.

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Text: The Future of heart surgery is now here…

Audio:  Music plays over images:

Text: da Vinci

Images: Background image of old hand-written document
Surgical system robot
Surgical procedure in OR

Image: Allen Raczkowski, MD, speaks on-camera.

Text: Allen Raczkowski, MD

Audio:  “Heart surgery traditionally has used very large incisions to expose the heart so that we can see the valves, the coronary arteries and be able to perform very delicate procedures on these structures. In today’s world, with new technology, we are able to accomplish the same procedures using a mechanical device…”

Text: da Vinci ©  Surgical System

Image: da Vinci Robot

Audio:  “…da Vinci robot, which allows us to do the same procedures with smaller incisions”

Image:  Physician using the surgeon console.

Audio:  “The da Vinci robot is a mechanical system powered by a computer…”

Image: da Vinci surgical system robot

Audio:  “which allows these very small arms to reach through the patient’s body…”

Image: Allen Raczkowski, MD continues on-camera.

Text: Delicate Procedures
Valve Replacements
Valve Repairs
Coronary Artery Surgery

Audio:  “…and allows us to do very delicate procedures including valve replacements, valve repairs and even coronary artery surgery.”

Images:  da Vinci robot’s control module and its handling and performance.

Audio:  “We control the device through a control module which sends signals to the device and allows it to perform these very delicate procedures and not requiring the patient to have large incisions.”

Image: Allen Raczkowski, MD continues on-camera.

Audio:  “Because the da Vinci robot allows us access through very small incisions, the traditional bony incision, which is done for heart surgery, is not required.”

Text: Patients recover much quicker
Healing process shortened
Cosmetic benefit

Audio:  “Therefore, patients recover much quicker, the healing process has shortened and there’s a cosmetic benefit also. The precise nature of this device, though, allows a surgeon to perform procedures with much more delicate motions and our precision is certainly improved.”

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