Patient Video

Watch a video about da Vinci prostatectomy.

Southcoast Hospitals is the only hospital in the region offering the da Vinci® Surgical System, which allows highly-skilled surgeons to perform robotic-assisted, minimally invasive procedures with greater precision and expertise.

This short video will give you an overview of the da Vinci prostatectomy procedure.

Surgical robotics is a technology designed to give surgeons more precision and control during complex, minimally invasive procedures. It is an alternative to open surgery and laparoscopic surgery and can result in quicker recoveries for patients.

The da Vinci Surgical System "robot" is a state-of-the art medical device comprised on a surgeon console and patient-side robotic system with a high-resolution camera and microinstruments. The system is equipped with several "arms" that scale the movements of the surgeon's hands and arms down to micromovements for delicate precision. The surgeon "drives" the instruments using a high-resolution 3-D endoscope and image processing equipment, which provide the true-to-life, highly magnified 3-D images of the surgical field.

The entire surgery is performed through tiny incisions typical of minimally invasive surgery — and the surgeon is 100 percent in control at all times. Members of the Southcoast surgical staff will receive special training to assist the surgeons with this new technology.

da Vinci Podcasts

Click here to subscribe to video podcasts from Intuitive Surgical, the makers of the da Vinci system (will launch iTunes)

Watch a 17-minute patient education podcast on prostate cancer.

Watch a 5-minute video overview of the da Vinci system.

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