Mountainside Hospital Enhances Capabilities with daVinci

While the name daVinci may evoke one image in the world of art, in the field of medicine it’s associated with enhanced surgical techniques that can reduce patient discomfort, shorten recovery time and minimize the risk of complications. 

Mountainside Hospital is now one of a select group of hospitals in New Jersey equipped to offer surgical procedures performed with state-of-the-art, third-generation daVinci technology. 

Leading surgeons who have extensive robotic surgery experience are now performing gynecological and urological procedures at the hospital, assisted by specially trained surgical nurses and support staff. Additional physicians will train on an in-house simulator, a learning and skill-building resource found at just a few hospitals statewide. 

“The daVinci is an innovative tool that can enhance the capabilities of the most talented surgeons by extending their range of motion, accessibility and visibility,” said Dr. James Saidi, Medical Director of Robotics at Mountainside and a board-certified urologist who has successfully performed more than 160 procedures using daVinci.

“Many surgeries performed with robotic surgery are even less invasive than the most minimally invasive laparoscopy alternatives,” Saidi said, “and that translates into a shorter hospital stay, less discomfort and inconvenience for most robotic surgery patients.”

The robotic surgery procedures are performed in a traditional operating room with a complete surgical team. However, rather than being positioned at the operating table, the surgeon is seated at a nearby console. From that vantage point, the surgeon controls the robot, which functions as the doctor’s hands. High resolution, 10x magnification, 3D images transmitted by the robot make it possible for the surgeon to achieve greater precision. 

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