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Robotic Surgery

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is proud to offer robotic surgery, a cutting-edge approach that combines the expertise of renowned surgeons with the precision of robotic assistance. TMH is accredited as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), which means we have taken extra steps to ensure patients receive the safest surgeries by experienced, highly-trained physicians. Our robotic devices allow us to perform minimally invasive procedure.

Why Choose Robotic Surgery?

While traditional surgery requires larger incisions for the surgeon to visualize and operate on the surgical site, robotic surgery allows the surgeon to operate through a few small incisions with extreme precision. Robotic-assisted surgery is a form of minimally invasive surgery that substantially reduces disturbance to surrounding tissues, providing a variety of benefits to the patient: 

  • It may be performed on an outpatient basis, meaning shorter hospital stays.

  • Recovery times are shorter because less tissue is disturbed, meaning less postoperative pain and discomfort for the patient.

  • Due to the smaller incisions, there is minimal visible scarring.

TMH’s Robotic Systems

da Vinci Surgical System

The da Vinci Surgical System was designed for greater control and access to hard-to-reach areas, allowing extremely complex operations to be performed through a few small incisions. This tool allows surgeons extreme precision during surgery, offers enhanced views of the surgical site, better control of surgical instruments and greater range of motion. 

At TMH, the robot is used across a spectrum of minimally invasive surgical procedures and has been optimized for surgeries in the areas of gynecology, urology, oncology, cardiothoracic and general surgery.

Mako Robotic-Arm

TMH continues to bring innovative technology to orthopedic surgery patients across the Big Bend with the latest advancement in joint replacement surgery – Stryker’s Mako Robotic-Arm for partial and total knee and hip replacement.

Robotic-arm assisted surgery is a leading approach to joint replacement that offers the potential for better placement and precision.  The technology allows TMH’s orthopedic surgeons to create a patient-specific 3D plan and perform joint replacement surgery using a surgeon controlled robotic-arm that helps them execute the procedure with a high degree of accuracy. 

MONARCH™ Robotic Bronchoscopy Platform

TMH can detect lung cancer earlier than ever using the MONARCH™ Robotic Bronchoscopy Platform.

Guiding MONARCH™ with a remote control that bears resemblance to a video game controller, physicians use the image-guided robot to perform minimally invasive bronchoscopy procedures to detect, biopsy, diagnose and mark lung cancer.

MONARCH™ helps physicians find small, cancerous nodules in areas of the lungs that are harder to reach with a traditional bronchoscopy. It sometimes takes physicians multiple procedures to locate cancerous tumors in the lungs, but MONARCH™ gives physicians a better chance of finding cancer through fewer procedures.

Robot-Assisted Procedures Available at TMH

General

Gynecology & Gynecology/Oncology

  • Oophorectomy Surgery

  • Hysterectomy Surgery

  • Ovarian Cystectomy

  • Myomectomy

  • Endometriosis

  • Radical Hysterectomy

  • Lymph Node Dissection

Urology

  • Radical Prostatectomy

  • Partial and Radical Nephrectomy

  • Adrenalectomy

  • Pyeloplasty

  • Urachal Cyst/Remnant Excision

Orthopedic 

  • Total Knee Replacement 

  • Total Hip Replacement

Why Choose Robotic Surgery at TMH

TMH is home to the region’s largest and most experienced surgical team and is the first hospital in the region to receive accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). TMH proudly provides the highest quality of care to its patients undergoing robotic surgery.