da Vinci® Surgery for Kidney Conditions

If your doctor recommends surgery for a kidney condition, you may be a candidate for a new, minimally invasive approach — da Vinci Surgery.

da Vinci Surgery uses state-of-the-art technology to help your doctor perform a more precise operation than conventional instrumentation allows. It offers numerous potential benefits over a conventional open surgery, including:

• Significantly less pain
  
• Less blood loss
  
• Fewer transfusions
  
• Less risk of infection
  
• Less scarring
  
• Shorter hospital stay
  
• Shorter recovery time
  
• Increased potential for kidney preservation in certain prescribed cancer operations
  
• Better clinical outcomes, in many cases

da Vinci Surgery for kidney conditions incorporates the best techniques of open surgery and applies them to a robotic-assisted, minimally invasive approach.

The precision and dexterity afforded by the da Vinci Surgical System’s advanced instrumentation facilitates a minimally invasive approach for treating kidney disorders and kidney cancer.

As with any surgery, these benefits cannot be guaranteed, as surgery is patient and procedure specific.
If you are a candidate for kidney surgery, talk to a urologist who performs da Vinci kidney procedures.

• In Nephrectomy, one incision is enlarged for removal of the kidney.

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.

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