The Enabling Technology:
da Vinci
® Surgical System
The da Vinci
® Surgical System is powered by
state-of-the-art robotic technology.
The System allows your surgeon’s
hand movements to be scaled,
filtered and translated into precise
movements of micro-instruments
within the operative site. The
magnified, three-dimensional view
the surgeon experiences enables him
to perform precise surgery in
complex procedures through small
surgical incisions. (take
a look at the setup)
The
da Vinci
® System enhances surgical
capabilities by enabling the
performance of complex surgeries
through tiny surgical openings. The
System cannot be programmed nor can
it make decisions on its own. The
da Vinci ® System requires
that every surgical maneuver be
performed with direct input from
your surgeon.
The
da Vinci® Surgical System has
been successfully used in thousands
of prostate cancer procedures
world-wide.
For
additional information on the da
Vinci® Surgical System visit
www.davinciprostatectomy.com
da Vinci® Prostatectomy Video
For many patients approaching surgery, it is often difficult to visualize what is entailed in a specific surgical procedure. To give prospective
da Vinci ® Prostatectomy patients a better understanding of the advances made by robotically-assisted minimally invasive surgery, Intuitive Surgical have produced the following video presentation. This video offers a three-dimensional simulation of the male reproductive anatomy, the enabling technology—the
da Vinci ® Surgical System—and the procedure itself.
Click on the image to the left or the link below to begin the video presentation. You will need to have Windows Media Player installed on your computer.
Watch video
(1.74 Mb)
Mr. Justin Peters Interview
Mr. Justin Peters was interviewed on the George Negus program on
robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery. This interview will give a
basic idea of what robotic-assisted surgery is all about. You will
be taken into the operating theatre to see how robotic-assisted surgery is setup and how this system
is used to assist him in a radical prostatectomy.
Watch video
(1.81 Mb)
Read a journal Mr. Justin Peters help write
for BJU International
This is a write up on the installation
of telerobotic surgery and initial experience with telerobotic
radical prostatectomy. This is to assess the ability of untrained
laparoscopic surgeons to learn and implement laparoscopic
telerobotic radical prostatectomy (TRP) using the da Vinci surgical
System (Intuitive Surgical, CA), and assess the education , safety
and efficacy issues when instituting this system.
Read it
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