Robot assisted surgery to begin at maternity hospital

ROBOTIC assisted surgery allowing the most complex and delicate procedures to be performed through very small incisions is to be introduced at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH).

The new €1.7 million Da Vinci Surgery System, the first of its kind in Ireland, is a precision surgical tool that causes significantly less pain, less blood loss, fewer complications, less scarring, a shorter hospital stay and a faster return to normal daily activities.

With the Da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery, minuscule incisions are made in which a tiny camera and surgical instruments are inserted into the patient’s body.