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Palos Community Hospital performs surgery using da Vinci EndoWrist Stapler

New robotic-assisted tool provides surgeons with enhanced range of motion

Palos Community Hospital is the first hospital in the Chicagoland area to perform minimally invasive abdominal procedures using the da Vinci EndoWrist Stapler.

The new addition to the da Vinci Surgical System aids surgeons performing advanced robotic-assisted procedures. The EndoWrist Stapler is used at Palos for bowel resection, gastrectomy and appendectomy procedures.

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Modeled after the human wrist, EndoWrist instruments offer surgeons an even greater range of motion than the human hand. Similar to human tendons, the internal cables of the EndoWrist instruments provide maximum responsiveness, allowing rapid and precise suturing, dissection and tissue manipulation.

Thomas Vasdekas, M.D., used the EndoWrist for palliative surgery to treat a gastric outlet obstruction for a Palos Heights man.

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“The patient has a history of multiple surgeries, and using the EndoWrist made approaching and relieving the obstruction much safer for him,” says Dr. Vasdekas. “He is an elderly man. Using the da Vinci optimized his condition with a minimally invasive approach requiring only four small incisions.”

Other robotic-assisted procedures at Palos using the da Vinci are gynecological, including hysterectomy; and urological, including prostatectomy and nephrectomy; and various general surgery procedures.

The da Vinci Si High Definition Surgical Robot makes it possible for surgeons to work in confined spaces in the body and perform an entire open procedure through smaller incisions, significantly shortening the length of stay for a patient and reducing recovery time by as much as 50 percent. Patients also experience less scarring and a lower risk for complications.

For more information about the robotic-assisted surgical system at Palos, visit us at www.paloscommunityhospital.org/davinci/

 

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