Robotic Gynecological Surgery

Banner Health is using robotic surgery in some of its hospitals to offer  patients the opportunity for more minimally invasive gynecological surgery.

Robotic surgery allows surgeons to make dime-sized incisions which means less trauma to the body, less pain for patients and faster recovery times.

Some of the gynecological surgical procedures that Banner Health uses robotic surgery for include:

• Hysterectomy: The removal of the uterus is the second most common surgery in the U.S. Robotic surgery allows your surgeon a better view, which is especially critical when working around delicate and confined structures like the bladder.
  • Supracervical hysterectomy: Removes the uterus and leaves the cervix intact
• Myomectomy: Surgical removal of uterine fibroids. Robotic surgery's precision can helpful in the reconstruction of the uterine wall, regardless of the size or location of fibroids.
• Sacrocolpopexy:  A procedure to insert mesh to hold the vagina if a woman has a prolapsed (fallen) uterus.
• Salpingo-oophorectomy: Removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries.