Abrazo West Invests $2.7M in First-of-its-Kind Surgical Robot to Transform Medicine
Abrazo West Campus in Goodyear, Arizona, invested $2.7M for the first-of-its-kind da Vinci 5 surgical robot to offer advanced surgical options to patients. The impressive device has four arms and 10,000 times the computing power of its predecessor. Its artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way doctors practice medicine.
“The new da Vinci 5 robotic system has taken nearly a decade to develop and enables us to perform complex cases with exceptional precision,” says Amir Esparza, M.D., Colon and Rectal/Advanced Robotic Surgeon at Abrazo West Campus. Da Vinci 5 offers more than 150 enhancements, including new surgeon controllers, powerful vibration and tremor controls for even smoother and more precise movements. It is equipped with a high-quality and natural 3D imaging system, enabling surgeons to see more as they operate.
Additionally, the new platform, “the Hub,” harnesses the power of AI, allowing surgeons to access data from previous cases to inform future decisions.
Dr. Esparza is the first to perform colorectal surgery in Arizona using da Vinci 5. “Thanks to force feedback technology, da Vinci 5 allows us to feel tissue and tension,” he explains. He says it allows him to apply up to 43 percent less force on human tissues/organs while performing surgery resulting in less trauma to the patient. This is something no other robotic surgical technology in any modality offers. It helps shorten a patient’s stay in the hospital and can lead to faster recovery times and smaller incisions/scars.
Abrazo West Campus has equipped surgeons with the system for patients requiring colorectal surgery, hernia repair, appendectomy, gall bladder removal and other procedures.
“The continued investment by Abrazo West in the most advanced robotic surgical platforms equips our surgeons with the best technology to help our patients,” says Hans Driessnack, Abrazo West Campus CEO. “With more than $6.5 million of investment in just the past two years, Abrazo West continues to lead the charge in bringing the most advanced technology to the West Valley.”