Category: Robotic Surgery

  • Robotic Surgery Growth- The Czech Republic

    The true robotic surgery pioneers were in Europe. Hospitals in Europe were buying robotic surgical systems in higher quantity than hospitals in the United States several years ago. The largest early series were from France. Recently most sales were going to hospitals in the United States. From an article in The Prague Post, it seems…

  • Robotic Surgery Growth in Essex county, NJ- December 2005 Update

    This is a monthly update on the growth of Robotic Surgery in my practice. Original blog entry about robotic surgery growth was in November of this year and was updated in December. For December, I performed 13 robotic operations including 9 prostate removals for cancer, 1 kidney removal for a kidney that was causing pain…

  • Robotic Surgery Growth- Nov Update

    This is an update from a previous blog entry on robotic surgery growth. In Nov I performed 10 robotic operations and assisted Dr. Adam Kopelan with a robotic adrenalectomy. Dr. Kopelan is a general surgeon specializing in laparoscopy and one of the few robotic general surgeons. He usually assists me at the field for cases…

  • Haptics- A robotic limitation

    The most cited drawback of robotic surgery is the loss of fine feeling of the instruments on tissue. The other drawbacks are the expense of the surgical system and the need for precise positioning of the robotic arms to provide for a full range of motion without repositioning the arms.

  • The Robotic Operating Room

    1. What does an operating room need to house a da Vinci robot? 2. What staff are required?

  • Robotic Surgery Growth

    We started our robotic surgery program at Newark Beth Israel Hospital on Dec. 13th, 2004. Our 9 man group decided to let one person do all of the robotic surgery. Since I had the best combination of open and laparoscopic surgical skils, as well as strong cancer training from a 6 year residency at Indiana…

  • da Vinci reliability

    For all the advanced features for the da Vinci surgical system it is surprisingly reliable.

  • How may robotic prostate surgeries have you done?

    This is one of the most common questions I am asked. Patients want to know if their surgeon is qualified to do a procedure. I always answer this question honestly and to the best of my knowledge. With robotic cases I keep accurate data on outcomes and can answer this precisely. I then add “How…

  • da Vinci hot shears

    I use the da Vinci hot shears in my dominant (right) hand. I find it useful to take down adhesions from the sigmoid to the pelvis by cutting. It provides excellent hemostasis by using cautery for the bladder neck or seminal vesicles, and is an excellent scissor to open the endopelvic fascia and to release…