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David M. White
Public Affairs Office
Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Eisenhower Army Medical Center is upgrading its surgical robotics program with the addition of the Intuitive Surgical daVinci Xi, according to Michael Duggan, program manager, Surgical Robotics Program at the Defense Health Agency.
The upgrade replaces the pervious surgical robot, first used at EAMC in July 2015.
According to Duggan, the daVinci adds significant enhancements in 3D visualization, and ease of moving the 3D camera without having to undock the robot and re-dock, thereby reducing time for the surgical procedure.
EAMC's Chief of Surgery, Lt. Col. Joel Brockmeyer, first used Eisenhower’s new device to perform a sleeve gastrectomy on Oct. 5. A sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical weight-loss procedure, typically performed laparoscopically, which involves inserting small instruments through multiple small incisions in the upper abdomen. During sleeve gastrectomy, about 80 percent of the stomach is removed, leaving a tube-shaped stomach about the size and shape of a banana.
"I used the da Vinci Xi system at other institutions,” said Brockmeyer, “and am proud we are now offering this [updated] capability to our patients [at Eisenhower}. Its capabilities allow EAMC surgeons to offer a wider variety of minimally invasive procedures across multiple specialties."
“The daVinci is a robotic surgery system that enables surgeons to perform complex procedures with heightened precision and accuracy,” Duggan wrote in a recent email. “The surgeon continues to perform the procedure while at the surgeon console and uses controls to operate the robotic arms located at the surgical table.”
As an adjunct to laparoscopic surgery, robotics provides for minimally invasive surgical procedures that reduce the trauma to the body, leading to less pain and use of narcotic pain relievers, and shortening recovery and hospitalization time.
Surgical robotics have been FDA approved since early 2000. The Army procured the first daVinci surgical robots in 2008. Currently, DHA has 27 daVincis within the enterprise.
“As a whole,” Duggan wrote, “there are 6,000 systems worldwide performing just over 1 million procedures a year.”
“The use of the robot allows the surgeons to provide state of the art surgical care to the beneficiaries,” he wrote.
The system is used in many general surgery, urology and gynecology surgical procedures with improved outcomes.
EAMC’s beneficiaries who need surgical care can discuss with their doctors to see if the da Vinci system is a fit for their medical needs.
| Date Taken: | 11.10.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 11.15.2022 08:36 |
| Story ID: | 433072 |
| Location: | US |
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