Robotic surgery

What is robotic-assisted surgery?

With robotic surgery or “robot-assisted surgery,” surgeons use specialized robotic surgical tools to operate more quickly, efficiently and with greater precision than ever before. Instead of working by hand, which typically requires larger incisions, surgeons can manipulate ultra-precise robotic arms to enter your body through small, dime-sized incisions.

Benefits of robotic surgery

The benefits associated with robotic surgery include:

• Smaller incisions
• A shorter hospital stay and recovery time
• Fewer complications
• Quicker return to normal activity
• Decreased pain and scarring

We currently have the largest fleet of robots and use robotic-assisted surgery more than any health care system in Georgia, with locations across the state and more than 175 robotically trained physicians on staff.

Robotic surgery is appropriate for many types of procedures and is frequently used by urologists, gynecologic surgeons, general surgeons, cardiothoracic surgeons and colorectal surgeons. Since 2010, our surgeons have been using robotic surgery to treat several conditions, such as prostate cancer in men and gynecological conditions in women. In 2011, Piedmont Transplant also started offering donor nephrectomy to our patients, the Southeast's first and only robotic transplant program.