Robotic Surgery is a type of minimally invasive surgery that enables us to perform complicated surgery through multiple small incisions or access areas. Instead of operating on patients through large incisions, specialized miniature instruments are used that fits through a series of 5 – 12mm port incisions. These miniature instruments are mounted on three separate robotic arms that allows for maximum range of motion and precision. The fourth arm has a special 3D HD camera mounted on it.
The surgeon controls these instruments and camera from a console in the operating room. His fingers are placed in master controls that give him the ability to move and operate each instrument with absolute precision. Vision is of upmost importance and the surgeon looks at the operating field through a stereoscopic high definition monitor that gives a magnified high definition 3D view. This is a much better view of the operating field than the human eye can provide.
These advantages provides the surgeon with much better control and vision of the operating field enabling him to operate with absolute precision, which is necessary for nerve sparing and ultimate continence and potency retention.