Doctors turning to robots for more effective surgeries

HOUSTON – When Dr. Xiaoming Guan removes fibroids or performs a hysterectomy (traditionally two painful procedures) he says machines like the Da Vinci robot minimizes recovery time and leaves less scarring.

“Patient goes home the same day, less blood loss, we do not have many complications,” Dr. Guan.

The small robotic arms get inside tiny cavities, meaning they make much smaller incisions than when surgeons had to cut people open, tearing muscles and causing painful post operations.

Some skeptics still think these robotic machines are too intrusive, claiming nothing is smarter when it comes to preventing mistakes than a human.

Dr. Guan says for him, these robotic hands are better.

“It's doing better than our hands,” he said. “The instruments can twist almost 360 degrees. Our hand you cannot go this way doing surgery but robotic surgery can create all this creative design.”

Plus with assistance from this camera, the surgeon can see on a screen 10 times what the human eye can.

These machines can be offered for a number of procedures including: cardio, gynecological and colorectal surgeries.