Da Vinci Surgical System

Da Vinci Surgical System

Da Vinci Robot at the Robotic Surgery Center in Turkey

What is the Da Vinci Surgical System?

The Da Vinci robotic surgery system, which has enabled many people to recover their health very quickly since it began to be used in the medical field, is a third surgical method used as an alternative to open surgery and laparoscopic surgery. The Da Vinci robotic surgery system, which has significant advantages not only for the surgeon but also for the patient, significantly shortens the hospital stay. Despite the word “robot” raising questions in the minds of many people, operations are successful at this latest stage thanks to technological development.

In the Da Vinci surgery system, the surgery is performed using the Da Vinci surgical system, a machine that uses four thin robotic arms. The robotic instruments have a wider range of motion than the human hand. Therefore, surgeons can use the surgical system for a variety of procedures. This system is now widely used in fields such as cardiovascular surgery, urology, gynecology, general surgery, and thoracic surgery.

The device consists of three different parts:

  • Console: The surgeon operates while sitting at the console, using hand and foot controls with a magnified, 3D, high-definition view.
  • Patient Cart: The cart holds the surgical instruments and the camera.
  • Vision Cart: It contains a video screen so that doctors in the room can see what is happening during the surgery.
  • What is the difference between Da Vinci surgery and open surgery?
  • Using the Da Vinci system makes the surgery “minimally invasive” (smaller incisions). The procedure uses small incisions (less than or equal to 1 cm), small surgical instruments, fewer stitches, and a laparoscope (a thin tube with a light and camera lens). This differs from traditional surgeries, which involve larger incisions through the skin, tissue, and muscle.

What treatments can be performed with Da Vinci surgery?

The Da Vinci surgical system is designed to perform several types of surgeries. The surgical procedures include:

Heart Surgeries:

  • Mitral valve repair.
  • Coronary artery bypass.
  • Closure of heart septal defects.
  • Cardiac tumor removal.
  • Tricuspid valve surgery.

Colorectal Surgeries:

  • Crohn’s disease.
  • Colorectal cancer.
  • Diverticulitis
  • Ulcerative colitis.
  • Abscesses, obstructions, and perforations in the large intestine.
  • Rectal prolapse.

General Surgeries (Abdomen and Digestive System):

  • Colon cancer.
  • Rectal cancer.
  • Esophageal cancer.
  • Stomach cancer.
  • Hernia repair.
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
  • Gallbladder removal.
  • Liver, pancreas, and biliary surgeries.
  • Tumor removal in the pancreas.
  • Spleen surgeries.
  • Gastrointestinal tumor surgeries.
  • Gastric sleeve surgery.
  • Gastric bypass surgeries for type 2 diabetes.
  • Intestinal surgeries.

Gynecological Surgeries:

  • Hysterectomy
  • Endometriosis
  • Pelvic pain.
  • Abnormal bleeding.
  • Fibroids
  • Pelvic organ prolapse.
  • Incontinence procedures.
  • Cervical cancer.

Urological Surgeries:

  • Enlarged prostate.
  • Prostate cancer.
  • Kidney cancer.
  • Bladder cancer.
  • Kidney transplant (robot-assisted surgery for both donor and recipient).
  • Ureteral stricture surgery and pyeloplasty.

How the Da Vinci Surgical System Works

The surgeon makes four or five small cuts instead of one long incision. Robotic surgical instruments are inserted into the holes, the surgeon sits at the console, uses the controls to remove the organ.

In the Da Vinci system, which works simultaneously with the commands given by the surgeon by moving his fingers, the surgeon performs the surgery and is not a robot. This system, which is considered the last point where technology appeared, facilitates the surgeon’s work while at the same time providing significant benefits to the patient.

What are the benefits of Da Vinci surgery?

The Da Vinci system allows surgeons to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small and precise incisions. They can include the following:

During the operation:

  • Lack of blood loss.
  • Smaller wounds.
  • After the operation:
  • Less pain.
  • Fewer scars.
  • Fewer complications.
  • A shorter stay in the hospital.
  • Shorter healing time.
  • Faster return to normal daily activities.


Important information about the Da Vinci robotic surgery system

Surgical instruments at the tip of the robot are very thin and sensitive instruments. In this way, surgery can be performed with minimal tissue damage. The method provides great convenience in operations in which any tissue or organ will be removed, in cases where surgical repair of the patient’s tissues is required.

The Da Vinci robot has a three-dimensional automated imaging system. Thanks to this system, it is possible to take pictures from the deepest points of the body in high resolution and amplify 10 times. Although the camera approaches deep tissue in image transmission, there is no loss of any image. Thus, the surgeon can see all the details of the operation with depth perception and since the nerves and veins are viewed in more detail, there is less risk of damage to these tissues.

Robotic arms are much better than human wrist movement and have decisive performance. Thanks to the fact that the hand tools at the end of the arms can rotate 540 degrees, surgical interventions can be easily performed in narrow and small areas. It also provides ease of cutting and sewing.

The arms with sensitive movement eliminate physiologically slightly visible hand tremors, which allows surgeons to work more comfortably.

The surgeon becomes less stressful because he conducts surgery by sitting at the console. Thus, in long-term surgeries, the doctor can focus better on the surgery and there is no loss of concentration.

Skin incisions made so that robotic arms can enter a smaller part than those that were opened in ordinary surgeries. Small incisions reduce the risk of infection and reduce the pain and soreness that the patient will feel after surgery. At the same time, scar formation is perceived at a minimum and the recovery time is shortened.

There is also very little blood loss in the operations performed. Some surgeries do not even require a blood transfusion.

With Da Vinci robotic surgery, which is also used in cancer surgeries, the patient can start chemotherapy/radiotherapy sessions as soon as possible.

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