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Robotic surgery
Our renowned UF Health surgeons are able to offer patients additional robot-assisted surgical options. Using the da Vinci S Robotic Surgery System, our skilled surgeons can bring the latest technology to enhance your surgery and provide you with the best possible outcome.
The da Vinci S uses four robotic arms that insert surgical instruments into tiny incisions less than the size of a dime. The surgeon is in complete control of the system and guides the surgical instruments by watching the area on a high definition monitor. With instruments that provide better dexterity and range of motion than the human hand, the surgeon gains greater control and precision than found in traditional open operations and some laparoscopic procedures.
Patients benefit by having more options for minimally invasive procedures — many not performed elsewhere in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. At UF Health Jacksonville our University of Florida surgeons can perform the following operations using the da Vinci S:
- Adrenal gland removal (adrenalectomy)
- Anti-reflux surgery (fundoplication)
- Cardiac surgery
- Cholecystectomy
- Cystoprostatectomy
- Heller myotomy to treat achalasia
- Gastrectomy
- Hysterectomy
- Myomectomy
- Kidney removal (nephrectomy)
- Pancreatectomy
- Prostatectomy
- Pulmonary lobectomy
- Small intestine, colon and rectum resection surgery
- Splenectomy
- Thoracic (chest) surgery
Your physician can refer you to a surgeon at UF Health Jacksonville to see if robotic assisted surgery is right for you.
Related conditions & treatments
- Achalasia
- Adrenal gland removal (adrenalectomy)
- Anti-reflux surgery (fundoplication)
- Cholecystectomy
- Cystoprostatectomy
- Gastrectomy
- Hysterectomy
- Kidney removal (nephrectomy)
- Minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery
- Minimally invasive and robotic gynecologic surgery
- Minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Myomectomy
- Pulmonary lobectomy
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The information in the blog was taken from an audio interview with K.C. Balaji, M.D., a urologist with UF Health Jacksonville.
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