The Mohawk Valley Health System is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of the da Vinci Si Surgical System. Surgeons at MVHS are currently using the system for urological surgery, with plans to expand to include surgeries in the areas of gynecologic, thoracic, cardiac and general surgery in the future.
The da Vinci Si System’s immersive 3D-HD vision system gives surgeons a highly magnified view, virtually extending their eyes and hands into the patient. The system allows surgeons to make smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments within the patient’s body.
“We are thrilled to offer this technology here in the Mohawk Valley,” said Charles Williams, MHA, director of operations, PeriOperative Services at MVHS. “The da Vinci System gives our patients the potential for shorter hospital stays, fewer complications, less need for narcotic pain medicine, smaller incisions and faster recovery times.”
Procedures involving the da Vinci System are performed at the St. Elizabeth Campus of MVHS by Jeffrey Sekula, MD, and Daniel R. Welchons, MD of AMP Urology in New Hartford.
For more information on the da Vinci Si System at MVHS, visit www.mvhealthsystem.org/davinci.