da Vinci® Surgery: Minimally Invasive Surgery

Watch Dr. Garrison Smith perform a hernia repair surgery with da Vinci Surgery.

If you’ve been told you need surgery, you may have several options to consider. One minimally invasive option is da Vinci Surgery.

Find out why many patients and surgeons choose da Vinci Surgery, and learn about the clinical evidence supporting its use.

The da Vinci System has brought minimally invasive surgery to more than 3 million patients worldwide. da Vinci technology – changing the experience of surgery for people around the world.

 

What is da Vinci Surgery?

With the da Vinci Surgical System, surgeons operate through just a few small incisions. The da Vinci System features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human hand. As a result, da Vinci enables your surgeon to operate with enhanced vision, precision and control.

The da Vinci System represents the latest in surgical and robotics technologies. Your surgeon is 100% in control of the da Vinci System at all times. da Vinci technology translates your surgeon’s hand movements into smaller, precise movements of tiny instruments inside your body.

Surgeries are done at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, with some procedures done in the clinic.