Hadassah Medical Center Celebrates da Vinci® Surgical Robot’s First Anniversary
5-Mar-2010
The Hadassah Medical Center, which joined the elite group of the world’s leading medical centers that employ the advanced remote robotic technology of the da Vinci® Surgical System, has just celebrated the first anniversary of its introduction into Hadassah’s operating rooms.
Operations that other hospitals are performing using the conventional open-incision method to reach internal organs are now carried out at Hadassah using tiny “keyholes” no longer than a few millimeters. “The da Vinci® boosts the surgeon’s ability,” explains Prof. Ofer Gofrit, Senior Urologist at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem, who has performed dozens of prostate cancer operations with the robot’s help. “The great precision, the improved ability to see the surgical area from all angles, and the maximum stability provided by the device significantly improve the operation’s results,” she says.
To read more about the da Vinci® in the November 2009 issue of Hadassah Magazine, click here. 
