Surgical care professionals at Banner Health facilities have access to the latest technological advancements to assist them in providing expert surgery services.
State-of-the-art monitoring systems ensure patient safety while high-definition video systems provide greater clarity during surgery. In addition, five Banner Health medical centers offer the benefits of robotic surgery using Intuitive Surgical’s daVinci Surgical System.
Robotic surgery is quickly becoming a viable option for an increasing number of surgical procedures with the majority of successes occurring in cardiothoracic, urological and abdominal surgeries. Robotic surgery allows patients who once faced several weeks in recovery following surgery, to be back on their feet within days.
Surgical robotics has been proven to:
- Substantially reduce length of stay
- Reduce blood loss
- Decrease post-op pain and discomfort
- Decrease the risk of infection
- Preserve delicate nerve, vascular and muscular tissues
- Enable a faster recovery and return to daily activities.
For the surgeon, benefits include:
- Enhanced 3-D visualization
- Improved dexterity
- Greater surgical precision
- Improved access range of motion
- Enhanced ability to repetitively perform technically precise maneuvers.
The da Vinci® Surgical System consists of an ergonomically designed surgeon’s console, a patient-side cart with four interactive robotic arms, a high-performance vision system and proprietary EndoWrist® Instruments. Powered by state-of-the-art robotic technology, the surgeon’s hand movements are scaled, filtered and seamlessly translated into precise movements of the EndoWrist® Instruments.
The surgical system cannot be programmed, nor can it make decisions on its own. The system requires that every surgical maneuver be performed with direct input from the surgeon.
Surgical robots are in use at: