Why da Vinci Surgery?

With da Vinci Surgery, physicians can offer standard-of-care treatment with the potential for outcomes that are equal to or better than conventional surgery – and with the potential benefits of a minimally invasive procedure.

When deciding between treatment options, patients often choose by weighing effectiveness versus invasiveness — the potential for a cure versus the likelihood of pain and discomfort.

Open surgery has long been considered the standard-of-care for a wide range of complex conditions. While effective, conventional open surgery usually means significant trauma — including pain and blood loss, followed by weeks of recovery.

On the other hand, traditional laparoscopy offers the potential benefits of a minimally invasive approach, but is very limited in its applications. In particular, it has seen limited adoption for complex procedures.

Non-invasive or minimally invasive treatments — stents, mesh kits, embolization and seed implants — are often simply not as effective as surgery and frequently require re-intervention.

By combining the efficacy of open surgery with a minimally invasive approach, da Vinci Surgery offers many patients the most value. As patients learn about the advantages of da Vinci Surgery, many are now asking for this surgical approach by name.

For these reasons, more and more hospitals have chosen to implement a da Vinci Surgery program as a way to meet the demands of an increasingly challenging economic climate.

Since 2000, more than 1,600 da Vinci Systems have been installed at more than 1,200 hospitals worldwide. Many have implemented a da Vinci Surgery program to help create a competitive advantage in their respective communities and geographical regions. Over 200 hospitals have purchased more than one system in order to accommodate demand for da Vinci procedures as their da Vinci programs have grown.

To find out more about da Vinci Surgery programs, contact us online or your via your local sales representative. You can also connect with other hospital executives on the da Vinci Surgery Online Community, a private online community just for practitioners and managers of da Vinci Surgery programs: daVinciSurgeryCommunity.com.

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