How Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Leads to Faster Recovery and Better Outcomes

Dr. Rahul Tevar, a Permanente Medicine general surgeon, explains how robotic surgery allows physicians to perform minimally invasive surgery with an advanced set of instruments and a 3D high-definition view of the surgical area. Dr. Tevar and his fellow surgeons are using the Intuitive da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system to treat prostate cancer, complicated hernias, uterine prolapse, endometrial cancer, kidney cancer and many other conditions.