assisted surgery different from traditional surgery methods?
In traditional open surgery, the physician makes a long incision and then widens it to access the anatomy. In traditional minimally invasive surgery, the surgeon operates using rigid, hand-operated instruments, which are passed through small incisions and views the anatomy on a standard video monitor. Surgeons using da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery make much smaller incisions, have greater surgical precision, increased range of motion, improved dexterity, enhanced visualization and improved access.
