UI Hospitals and Clinics and UI Children's Hospital are leaders in using robotic tools for minimally invasive surgery, performing procedures with smaller incisions and reduced recovery times.
Patients benefit from this innovative surgery because they lose less blood and have less post-surgery pain and scarring. They also typically have shorter hospital stays and recover faster. For surgeons, the advantages of the robotic system--which includes high-definition, three-dimensional images--are increased precision and control.
UI physicians routinely use robotic surgery in:
- urology
- gynecology and gynecologic oncology
- cardiothoracic surgery
- pediatric surgery
More than 200 procedures are done each year treating conditions including prostate cancer, cervical cancer, kidney diseases and reversing tubal ligations. UI surgeons also have pioneered many robotics procedures.
The UI's surgical robotics program was the state's first, and today it offers Iowa's only residency and fellowship programs that teach robotic surgery to the next generation of surgeons.
UI Hospitals and Clinics and UI Children's Hospital continue to advance the use of this innovative tool to ensure that patients have access to optimal surgical care.
Since introducing the surgery in 2002, UI Health Care has added a second robotic system, giving physicians high definition (HD) technology, digital zoom capabilities, a fourth robotic arm, and other advances allowing for even more surgical control and greater outcomes. |
