Robotic Cardiac Surgery
da Vinci® Surgery at Carilion Clinic
Carilion Clinic surgeons can treat a range of heart conditions — from mitral valve prolapse to coronary artery disease — minimally invasively with da Vinci® Surgery.
da Vinci® technology allows your doctor to perform complex procedures through just a few tiny openings. As a result, you may be able to get back to life faster without the usual recovery following major surgery.
The da Vinci® System has been used successfully worldwide in hundreds of thousands of procedures to date.
The da Vinci® Difference
The da Vinci® Surgical System is designed to provide surgeons with enhanced capabilities, including high-definition 3D vision and a magnified view. Your doctor controls the da Vinci® System, which translates his or her hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside your body. Though it is often called a “robot,” da Vinci® cannot act on its own. Instead, the surgery is performed entirely by your doctor.
For mitral valve repairs, da Vinci® requires only a few small incisions, without a sternotomy (a 6-8 inch chest incision). Other potential benefits of da Vinci® cardiac surgery include:
- Less risk of infection
- Less blood loss and need for blood transfusion
- Shorter hospital stay
- Significantly less pain and scarring
- Faster recovery and return to normal activities
