What is Minimally-Invasive Robotic Surgery?
Surgeons at West Boca Medical Center now have an extra set of hands - a four-armed surgical robot called the da Vinci® Xi Surgical System. Our doctors guide robots during surgery. Our team guides you before and after.
Precision and Control
The surgery system uses a small camera and instruments inserted through small incisions. While looking at a 3-D image of the surgical site, your surgeon controls the system with his or her movements translated as precise micro-movements.
Unlike laparoscopic surgery, your doctor has a better view and can remain in a more comfortable position, which means more natural movements, leading to an improved experience for you.
Potential Benefits
- Less pain
- Decrease in blood loss
- Less scarring
- Fewer complications
- Shorter hospital stay
- Shorter recovery time
- Less need for narcotic pain medicine
- Faster return to daily activities
- Better clinical outcomes
Can Be Used Across a Spectrum of Minimally-Invasive Procedures
- Cardiac
- Colorectal
- General surgery
- Gallbladder removal
- Gynecology
- Hernia repair
- Thoracic
- Urology
Meet the Robotics Team
General Surgery
Camil Sader, MD |
Avraham Belizon, MD |
Erica Polodosky, MD |
Randy Kimmelman, MD |
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Urology
Michael Tyler, MD |
Laurel Sofer, MD | |
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