Robotic surgeries allow surgeons to make smaller incisions and give patients a quicker recovery. Surgeons benefit from better visual clarity, depth perception and precision of motion, she said.
“Currently, we continue to look to expand our utilization of the robotic surgical system for additional gynecologic and urologic procedures, as well as for general surgery procedures such as gallbladder removal,” O’Hare said.
A gastric band procedure is a type of weight loss surgery. West Chester Hospital started using a da Vinci Surgical System May 2011, according to the hospital.
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