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Da Vinci Surgical System
Summary
The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical system that uses a minimally invasive surgical approach. The system is manufactured by the company Intuitive Surgical. The system is used for prostatectomies, and increasingly for cardiac valve repair, and for renal and gynecologic surgical procedures.
It was used in an estimated 200,000 surgeries in 2012, most commonly for hysterectomies and prostate removals. The system is called "da Vinci" in part because Leonardo da Vinci's study of human anatomy eventually led to the design of the first known robot in history.
The system has been used in the following procedures:
Radical prostatectomy, pyeloplasty, cystectomy, nephrectomy and ureteral reimplantation;
Hysterectomy, myomectomy and sacrocolpopexy;
Hiatal hernia and inguinal hernia repair;
GI surgeries including resections and cholecystectomy;
Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for head and neck cancer
Lung transplantation, the da Vinci System has been used in the world's first fully robotic surgery of this kind thanks to a pioneering technique.
The da Vinci System consists of a surgeon's console that is typically in the same room as the patient, and a patient-side cart with three to four interactive robotic arms (depending on the model) controlled from the console. The arms hold objects, and can act as scalpels, scissors, bovies, or graspers. The final arm controls the 3D cameras. The surgeon uses the controls of the console to manoeuvre the patient-side cart's robotic arms. The system always requires a human operator.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the da Vinci Surgical System in 2000 for adult and pediatric use in urologic surgical procedures, general laparoscopic surgical procedures, gynecologic laparoscopic surgical procedures, general non-cardiovascular thoracoscopic surgical procedures, and thoracoscopically assisted cardiotomy procedures.
Robotic surgery#Comparison to traditional methods
While the use of robotic surgery has become an item in the advertisement of medical services, there is a lack of studies that indicate long-term results are superior to results following laparoscopic surgery.
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