SINGLE PORT ROBOTIC SURGERY - COMPLEX SURGERY WITH ONE SMALL INCISION
Since 2008, I have helped pioneer single incision surgery by performing prostate, bladder, and kidney operations through a single incision in the navel. As the third surgeon in the world to perform a radical prostatectomy with this approach, I am amongst the very most experienced urologic single port surgeons. Robotic technology has made this approach reality and widely applicable.
Single Port Robotic Surgery
Single port (SP) robotic surgery is completely controlled by the surgery. The “robot” does nothing by itself. Unlike DaVinci Xi surgery where 5 or 6 small incisions are used, with Single Port (SP) surgery all of the instruments enter the body through one small incision ~ one inch in size
Robotic Arms with “Elbows”
In this image you can see how the camera (on top) and the three working instruments all come into the body together, allowing the use of one incision. The instruments then spread out, and angle back in, creating room for the surgeon’s instruments to work.
Small incisions, Small spaces
SP robotic surgery allows us to access small spaces within the body, and perform high precision surgery with the smallest incision possible. This illustration is from a textbook chapter I wrote demonstrating SP surgery on the prostate without having to enter the abdomen. Patients can go home the same day rather than several days in hospital
Surgery With Barely a Scar
This patient of mine had a radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. He has a one-inch incision that is tucked into his navel (“belly button”) and almost invisible. This not only looks fantastic, but allows for the least pain, and fastest recovery, possible.