Understanding
Robotic Surgery

Compared to conventional open and laparascopic surgical techniques, robotic surgery provides many advantages to surgeons and their patients. It opens opportunities to perform complex procedures not previously possible with minimally invasive techniques, and may improve outcomes in more common procedures.

For surgeons, robotic surgery extends a surgeon’s capacities by enhancing vision, dexterity and precision while potentially minimizing patient trauma. With 10x, 3D visual immersion via a small camera inserted into the operative field through one of the small incisions, this transformative technology provides your surgeon greater visualization of the surgical area.

The surgeon sits at a console where they view a high-definition, magnified, 3-D image of the surgical area on a stereoscopic view finder. The console also is where the surgeon controls the instruments via advanced endowrist surgeon controls and uses foot pedals to control imaging technology and energy sources. In essence, it is the surgeon’s cockpit.

Utilizing this advanced robotic surgical cockpit, your surgeon is able to control four robotic arms compared to only two with conventional surgery. Specialized surgical instruments, designed to mimic the human wrist, provide your surgeon with greater precision and control. With pinpoint accuracy, they allow greater access to hard-to-reach places inside the body. Near-infrared imaging and injectable molecular markers show your surgeon, in real time, blood flow and surgical landmarks invisible to the naked human eye.

Patients may benefit from robotic surgery’s smaller incisions, reduced blood loss and minimal scarring.  Robotic surgery may deliver better patient outcomes by possibly reducing the risk of complications, shortening recovery time and decreasing discomfort.

At Hackensack University Medical Center’s Center of Excellence for Robotics, we combine the latest robotic surgical technology with years of surgical experience to provide you with outstanding results.