da Vinci® Robotic Surgery
The da Vinci Surgical System brings revolutionary robotics to minimally invasive heart surgery. This unique type of robot-assisted surgery allows doctors to perform procedures with more precision, increased range of motion, and enhanced access and visualization. The da Vinci incisions are smaller than traditional open heart surgery and patients usually have shorter hospital stays and faster recovery.
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Getting to the heart of the matter
Robotics offer cardiac surgery patients faster recuperation and less pain through minimally invasive techniques
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Article appeared in June, 2008 Arizona Repulic’s Healthy AZ Living section