Robotic surgery is a form of minimally invasive surgery utilizing one of the most advanced surgical systems available, the da Vinci® Surgical System. This revolutionary technology allows surgeons to perform complex procedures using miniaturized instruments that bend and rotate more than the human wrist.

The system also uses high-definition cameras that provide magnified 3D views of the surgical area. This allows the surgeon to operate with just a few small incisions and unmatched precision.

Compared to conventional surgery which uses a larger incision, or other minimally invasive techniques such as laparoscopy, robotic surgery offers our smallest patients significant benefits, including:

• Smaller incisions 
• Less scarring  
• Less blood loss
• Less pain and discomfort
• Shorter hospital stays
• Fewer complications
• Faster recovery time (often reduced from weeks to days)

• Robotic ureteral reimplantation: Repair an abnormally positioned ureter (the tube that connects the bladder to the kidneys) to prevent urine from backing up into the kidney.
• Robotic pyeloplasty: Repair an obstruction in the ureteropelvic junction (where the kidney and ureter connect), allowing urine to drain from the kidney to the bladder.
• Robotic nephrectomy: Removes a kidney that is damaged, diseased or not functioning.
• Robotic partial nephrectomy: Removes a tumor or diseased tissue from a kidney, while preserving healthy kidney tissue.
• Robotic appendicovesicostomy: Creates a catheterizable channel from the bladder to the outside of the body to perform intermittent bladder emptying.
• Robotic bladder augmentation: Enlarges a small capacity bladder.
• Robotic antegrade continence enema: Create a catheterizable channel between the large intestine and abdominal wall. A small catheter is intermittently inserted to allow antegrade enema evacuation of the bowels. The procedure is helpful for children with neurogenic bowels and severe constipation or fecal incontinence.
• Robotic excision of the urachus: Removes the urachus (persistent remnant between the bladder and belly button).