Robotic surgery

BPH Robotics

• Benefits of robotic surgery

  As robotic surgery uses only small incisions, it is minimally invasive and provides many benefits to the patient. This includes:

  • Less post operative pain.
  • Less blood loss and scarring.
  • Less risk of infection.
  • Shorter hospital stays.
  • A faster return to normal activities.  

  
  

• The da Vinci Surgical System

  In 2017, Buderim Private Hospital invested over $3 million in the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. The da Vinci robot allows the surgeon’s natural hand movements to be translated into smaller, precise movements of small instruments inside the patient’s body. This system also provides better vision of surgery, with its 3D camera, as well as greater precision. The purchase of the system was made possible in part due to the generous bequest of a former patient and local Sunshine Coast resident, Leslie Cairns.

• Robotic prostate surgery

  We offer prostate cancer patients a range of treatment options including robotically assisted prostate surgery. Men who are diagnosed with a localised prostate cancer are candidates for this procedure. The indications for this surgery are very similar to open surgery. In consultation with their urologist, patients have access to the treatment option that is most appropriate for them.

  The revolutionary improvements in medical surgical technology created by da Vinci robotic surgery have had a great impact on prostate cancer treatment and prostatectomy. During robotic radical prostatectomy, the surgeon makes approximately five to six small keyhole (<1cm) incisions in your lower abdomen to remove the prostate. He or she sits at a console, using instruments attached to the robot. This allows a more precise response to movement of the surgeon’s hands.

  The procedure takes approximately three hours, depending on the size of the prostate and extent of the surgery required. The majority of patients are discharged the day after surgery. However, the time of discharge is decided on a case-by-case basis. By the second night, most of our patients are comfortable enough to go home.

• General surgery

  Our highly trained general surgeons may use the da Vinci robot for selected general surgical patients, including those requiring hernia and bowel surgery.

• Gynaecological surgery

  In a Sunshine Coast first, our highly trained surgeon is now offering robotic gynaecological surgery using the da Vinci robot, for patients requiring surgery for hysterectomies, endometriosis and uterine fibroids. The robot not only provides better vision for surgeons, it also allows access to areas that could not be operated on laparoscopically and required a large open incision.

• Mako robot-assisted orthopaedic surgery

  Buderim Private Hospital’s orthopaedic surgeons have access to a Mako orthopaedic robot, which is designed to improve outcomes for patients requiring total or partial hip or knee replacement surgery by assisting orthopaedic surgeons to delivery new levels of accuracy and precision. For patients, the robotic technology has a range of benefits, including less invasive procedures and reduced trauma to soft tissue, reduced pain, quicker rehabilitation and greater implant longevity. Learn more on our Orthopaedics page.