Robotic Surgery
For the benefit of our patients, North Hills Hospital offers robotic surgery with the da Vinci Robot. This new technology provides surgeons with greater precision, control, and access to hard-to-reach areas, allowing extremely complex operations to be performed through just a few small incisions. Now, minimally invasive techniques can be used for procedures whose complexity once demanded open surgery.
Robotic Surgery: Hysterectomy
Traditional open gynecologic surgery, using a large incision for access to the uterus and surrounding anatomy, has for many years been the standard approach to many gynecologic procedures. Yet with open surgery can come significant pain, trauma, a long recovery process and threat to surrounding organs and nerves.
For complex hysterectomies and other gynecologic procedures, robot-assisted surgery with the da Vinci Surgical System may be the most effective, least invasive treatment option. Through tiny, 1-2 cm incisions, surgeons using the da Vinci System can operate with greater precision and control, minimizing the pain and risk associated with large incisions while increasing the likelihood of a fast recovery and excellent clinical outcomes.*
Here is a list of gynecologic surgeons who perform robotic surgery in women:
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Patrick Allen, MD - Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr. Allen performs the following minimally-invasive robotic surgeries: total laparoscopic hysterectomy, myomectomy (uterine fibroids). |
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Rhodesia LaStrap, DO - Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr. LaStrap performs the following minimally-invasive robotic surgery: total laparoscopic hysterectomy. |
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Pedro Ramirez, MD - Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr. Ramirez performs the following minimally-invasive robotic surgeries: laparoscopic hysterectomies, myomectomies, removal of the tubes and ovaries. He also offers tubal reanastamosis and infertility surgery, and minimally invasive surgery. |
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Charles Safely, MD - Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr. Safely performs the following minimally-invasive robotic surgeries: total laparoscopic hysterectomy, myomectomy, sacrocolpopexy (surgery for uterine and vaginal prolapsed). |
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Jonathan Snead, MD - Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr. Snead performs the following minimally-invasive robotic surgeries: total laparoscopic hysterectomy, myomectomy, removal of ovarian cysts/masses. |
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Dana Snell-Hargrove, DO - Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr. Snell-Hargrove performs the following minimally-invasive robotic surgeries: total laparoscopic hysterectomy, oopherectomy (surgery to remove ovaries). Also offers obstetrical care, annual exams/health checks, birth control (including IUDs, Implanon and Essure), abnormal pap smears, coposcopy, ovarian dysfunction, abnormal vaginal and postmenopausal bleeding, menopausal symptoms, leep, cold knife conizations, hysteroscopy, D&C, ablations, laparoscopy, myomectomy, lysis of adhesions, ovarian cystectomy and hysterectomy (abdominal, vaginal and robotic assisted). |
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Carla Tabbs, MD - Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr. Tabbs specializes in surgical treatment of gynecologic disease including robotic assisted (minimally invasive) laparoscopy for hysterectomy, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and ovarian disease; also performs Essure (permanent sterilization), hysteroscopy and endometrial ablation. |
Other Specialties
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Augustine Lee, MD - General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery Dr. Lee specializes in robot assisted colon surgeries. |
* While clinical studies support the effectiveness of the da Vinci® System when used in minimally invasive surgery, individual results may vary. Surgery with the da Vinci Surgical System may not be appropriate for every individual. Always ask your doctor about all treatment options, as well as their risks and benefits.