General Gynaecology

Robotic Surgery

Da Vinci robot has been used to assist prolapse surgery in the recent years. In the United states, around 40% of prolapse surgery is done robotically.  The most common operations done for prolapse include sacro colpopexy and sacro hysteropexy operations.  Other operations include hysterectomy, mesh removal surgery and Burch colposuspension.

During robotic assisted surgery, the surgeon remains in complete control of the robotic instruments. Robot assisted surgery has important advantages for the surgeon and the patient over traditional laparoscopic and open abdominal surgery. Robot assisted surgery provides the surgeon with superior vision and surgical precision. The robot provides the surgeon 10 times magnified and three-dimensional vision (traditional laparoscopy provides only two-dimensional vision and 6 times magnification). The delicate articulating surgical instruments used in robot-assisted surgery allow for more precise surgical dissection and more dextrous surgical manoeuvres when compared to traditional laparoscopic surgery.