da Vinci® ... Changing the Experience of Surgery at Wesley Medical Center

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a condition that may require surgery, you owe it to yourself to learn about all of your medical options, including the most effective, least invasive surgical treatments available.

The da Vinci® Surgical System provides surgeons with an alternative to both traditional open surgery and conventional laparoscopy, putting a surgeon's hands at the controls of a state-of-the-art robotic platform. The da Vinci System enables surgeons to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions with unmatched precision.

For the patient, benefits may include:

• Significantly less pain
• Less blood loss
• Less scarring
• Shorter recovery time
• A faster return to normal daily activities
• And in many cases, better clinical outcomes

	Physicians who perform da Vinci Surgery:
	General Surgery
	Southern Surgery Center Dr. Wesley Girod

da Vinci® Surgery for Gallbladder Disease
(Cholecystectomy)

If your doctor recommends surgery to treat gallbladder disease, you may be a candidate for minimally invasive da Vinci Surgery. Using the most advanced technology available, the da Vinci Surgical System enables your doctor to operate through a few tiny incisions with breakthrough vision, precision, control and improved access to the affected area.

This procedure is performed using the da Vinci Surgical System, a state-of-the-art surgical platform. By overcoming the limits of both traditional open and laparoscopic surgery, da Vinci is changing the experience of surgery for people around the world.

da Vinci® Colorectal Surgery

da Vinci Surgery is used to treat such colorectal conditions as: colon cancer, rectal cancer, diverticulitis, and inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease). Surgery to remove all or part of the colon is known as a colectomy. Rectal cancer surgery is known as a low anterior resection.

da Vinci offers patients facing colon surgery (right, left or sigmoid colectomy) such potential benefits as:

• Low blood loss
• Quicker return to bowel function
• Quicker return to diet
• Short hospital stay

da Vinci Prostatectomy

da Vinci Prostatectomy is a minimally invasive, robotic-assisted surgical procedure that removes the cancerous prostate gland and related structures. The potential benefits of the da Vinci Prostatectomy are:

• Effective Cancer Control: Studies have shown that experienced surgeons have achieved excellent results in removing prostate cancer without leaving cancer cells behind.
• Improved and Early Return of Sexual Function: Studies have shown that most patients have a rapid return of sexual function.
• Improved and Early Return of Continence: Studies have shown that most patients have a rapid return of urinary continence.
• Improved Results Over Traditional Treatments: Patients may benefit from surgical treatment of localized prostate cancer, the established gold standard, as compared to radiation. Surgery has a higher and longer survival rate than radiation or other treatments. Surgery also has a lower risk of long-term complications than radiation treatments.
• Minimally Invasive Surgery: The da Vinci System enables surgeons to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions with unmatched precision.

Learn More: da Vinci Prostatectomy

	Physicians who perform da Vinci Surgery:
	Gynecology
	Women’s Pavilion of South Mississippi  Dr. Andrea Carter Dr. Lee Drake Dr. Joel Flynt Dr. Bill Pace Dr. Joseph Washburne
	Hysterectomy Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. This procedure may be done because of fibroid tumors, endometriosis, or cancer.

da Vinci Hysterectomy

Traditional open gynecologic surgery, using a large incision for access to the uterus and surrounding anatomy, has for many years been the standard approach to many gynecologic procedures. Yet with open surgery can come significant pain, trauma, a long recovery process and threat to surrounding organs and nerves.

For complex hysterectomies and other gynecologic procedures, robot-assisted surgery with the da Vinci Surgical System may be the most effective, least invasive treatment option. Through tiny, 1-2 cm incisions, surgeons using the da Vinci System can operate with greater precision and control, minimizing the pain and risk associated with large incisions while increasing the likelihood of a fast recovery and excellent clinical outcomes.

Learn More: da Vinci Hysterectomy

Watch Dr. Joseph Washburne discuss the benefits of robotics-assisted surgery with the da Vinci Si Surgical System.

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A new category of surgery, made possible by the da Vinci Surgical System, is being used by hundreds of surgeons worldwide.
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