The daVinci® computer-assisted robotic system is advanced technology in minimally invasive surgery. It provides surgeons with the precision, dexterity and control of traditional open surgery but requires only 1-2 cm incisions.
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During da Vinci surgery, miniaturized EndoWrist® instruments and a high-definition 3-D camera are inserted into the body through dime-size incisions. The pencil-size EndoWrist instruments are designed to mimic and enhance the natural
movement of the surgeon's wrists and hands-they can bend back and forth, side to side, and rotate in a full circle, which allows for an even greater range of motion than humanly possible.
The inserted camera, or endoscope, projects a magnified, full-color 3-D image of the internal structures to a nearby viewing console where the surgeon is able to sit comfortably. Using finger, wrist and hand controls, the surgeon manipulates the miniaturized robotic instruments just as if he or she were standing over the patient during open surgery. However, with the da Vinci surgical system, the surgeon's movements are scaled, filtered and translated into more precise micro-movements. This means that the machine eliminates any hand tremors to make even smaller, more controlled movements in tighter, difficult-to-reach spaces
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