St. John’s Hospital offers patients the latest robotic-assisted surgery system, the da Vinci Si. The da Vinci Si gives surgeons an enhanced three-dimensional viewing area, greater flexibiilty and the depth perception necessary to manipulate tissue. Robotic-assisted surgery is an alternative to traditional open surgical procedures and conventional laparoscopic surgery.

The da Vinci Si Surgeon Console is set away from the actual operating table and contains the master controls the surgeon uses to operate. The handles mimic the surgeon’s natural hand and wrist movements into corresponding, precise and scaled movements. The "EndoWrist" Instruments are only able to move when commanded by the surgeon.

The new dual-control da Vinci Si surgery system allows for greater collaboration for surgeons who perform robotic surgical procedures and enhance teaching opportunities at St. John's Hospital.

Surgeons at St. John’s Hospital are using the da Vinci Si for a variety of procedures including:

• Hysterectomy (removing the uterus)
• Partial Nephrectomy (removing section of kidney)
• Prostatectomy (removing the prostate)
• Sacrocolpopexy (repairing uterine or vaginal vault prolapse)
• Pyeloplasty (correcting a blockage at the kidney/ureteral junction)
• Myomectomy (removal of fibroids from the uterus)
• Tubal re-anastomosis (reversal of tubal ligation)
• Endometriosis
• Gynecologic cancer
• Reproductive surgery
• Fertility preservation surgery

Advantages of Robotic Surgery:

• Smaller incisions
• Reduced pain and trauma to the body
• Less scaring
• Faster recovery and return to normal daily activities

For referrals to physicians using the da Vinci Surgical System at St. John's Hospital or general questions about the da Vinci Si Surgical System, please call 877-SJROBOT (877-757-6268).

Have a question about the da Vinci Robotic SurgicalSystem? Click here to send an e-mail to a robotic-trained nurse.

All photos courtesy of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. For more information on the da Vinci Surgical System, please see Intuitive Surgical