Does going through muscle or opening ribs mean it’s going to be a long recovery?
Dr. Gomez: It would be a much longer recovery — it would be a couple months of recovery to get that incision healed. The tiny incisions to put on the camera in the robotic arms heal within a couple weeks. Is there a difference in the type of surgery? Dr. Gomez: We’ll see. This is the first time it’s being done. I’ll see how long it takes me, but hopefully I think it should take a couple hours. How long does a normal surgery take? Dr. Gomez: A normal one would take about that time. How long is the hospital stay for the traditional one? Dr. Gomez: For the traditional one, it’s about three or four days. For this one, hopefully overnight. Are you using the Da Vinci robot for this surgery? Dr. Gomez: Yes. It’s called the Da Vinci robotic surgical platform. Is this the future of surgeries? Dr. Gomez: I do think this is the future, yes. The technology for the robot every year improves, and the complexities of the surgeries that we can do with this technology gets greater and greater. I think
