Robotic-assisted surgery allows surgeons to perform many different complex procedures, some of which would only be possible using a traditional surgery approach which means larger incisions, longer recovery times, and more potential for wound and other complications.

Even when robotic-assisted surgery is compared to “laparoscopic” minimally-invasive surgery using small instruments controlled by the surgeon at the bedside, robotic-assisted surgery has many more advanced instruments, better technical capabilities, and superior camera visualization which makes those operations safer and more precise than could otherwise be done using a laparoscopic minimally-invasive approach.  There is also a higher success rate of completing your operation minimally invasively using a robotic-assisted approach when you have a more difficult operation needed.