Da Vinci Surgical Services

Da Vinci Surgical Procedures

Dr. Gessner provides robotic-assisted surgery for minimally invasive surgery using the daVinci Surgical System.

Types of surgery

In the past, surgeons made large incisions in skin and muscle so that they could directly see and work on the area of concern. This is called open surgery. Today doctors still perform open surgery, but they can also perform many gynecologic procedures using minimally invasive laparoscopic or robotic-assisted surgery, possibly with da Vinci® technology. Both minimally invasive approaches require one or a few small incisions that doctors use to insert surgical equipment and a camera for viewing. In laparoscopic surgery, doctors use special long-handled tools to perform surgery while viewing magnified images from the laparoscope on a video screen.

Source: Da Vinci website