For surgeons, robot surgery is ‘like driving a stick shift’

Robotic-assisted procedures are used at Baptist Hospital to remove head and throat cancers.


  • By Dan Macdonald
  • | 12:00 a.m. September 13, 2024
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An Intuitive da Vinci robotic surgical system. Intuitive, the maker of the da Vinci system, says that its equipment has been used for a total of more than 14 million procedures.
An Intuitive da Vinci robotic surgical system. Intuitive, the maker of the da Vinci system, says that its equipment has been used for a total of more than 14 million procedures.
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Robotics in the surgery theater is not new. But the advancements keep coming. What used to be a sci-fi fantasy used by just a few is now a growing reality, and robotics are making surgery safer and less invasive.

The most recent advancement at Baptist Health is robotic technology that allows a surgeon to treat head and neck cancers without needing to cut the patient’s face and neck to gain access to the cancer. 

Through robotics, the cancer can be reached through the patient’s mouth.

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