Robotic Remedies for Reproductive Health: Understanding The Benefits of Robotic Surgery

Women have a complex biology that balances hormone levels, egg production, and organs to provide an environment for delivering babies. Whether or not you want to have kids, your reproductive health is crucial to your overall well-being. 

Women are often affected by reproductive conditions, and while many can be managed through noninvasive means, they may require surgery at some point. It’s understandable to get nervous when having to deal with surgery. Still, Da Vinci Robotic Surgery is one of many ways we can help keep you healthy and safe if we have to operate.

If you need reproductive treatments like robotic surgery and live in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, Dr. Staci McHale and her experienced staff at WHASN Sunset Valley are here to help.

What are robotic surgeries?

This technology is used in medicine to assist in complicated or delicate procedures. They involve a surgical console, a robotic arm, and a high-definition camera, all operated by your physician. Robotic procedures don’t replace your doctor; they're just another highly effective tool they can use to safely perform treatments to improve your health.

They are used by doctors in an extensive range of fields, such as brain, spinal, cardiothoracic, colorectal, gastrointestinal, urologic, and, of course, gynecological surgeons. Some examples of procedures done in other fields include colorectal surgeries, appendectomies, epilepsy surgery, gallbladder removal, spine surgery, and hernia repair.

What reproductive issues can they help with?

We use the Da Vinci Robotic Surgery process to treat several gynecological problems, which works with special long-handled tools and a camera that allows us to view magnified images on a monitor screen to perform the procedure. This system's unique surgeon console, patient side cart, and vision cart enable us to help treat conditions like hysterectomy, pelvic organ prolapse surgery, myomectomy, and endometriosis resection.

What are the advantages of using them?

Traditional surgery requires larger incisions, more invasive work to treat problems, and longer healing times after the procedure. By comparison, robotic surgery works with smaller incisions, reduced blood loss, minimal scarring, less pain and discomfort, and a shorter time in the hospital.

These advantages allow for lower risks of infection and a much shorter recovery time overall. The treatments also assist with greater precision, dexterity, and visual access than most traditional surgeries, allowing us to resolve the problem safely and quickly. The cameras enable us to see everything in greater detail to identify issues in a much shorter time, and the tools make dealing with those problems far simpler.

We all experience some level of anxiety about surgery, but for treating reproductive conditions, we have Da Vinci Robotic Surgery to help keep you in excellent health. Make an appointment with Dr. McHale and the WHASN Sunset Valley Team today to see if this technology can meet your needs.