Robotic Surgery - The Future Has Arrived at Holy Cross Hospital

Holy Cross is one of the first hospitals to perform robotic surgery in orthopaedics, cardiac, urology and gynecology.

You've just been diagnosed with a condition requiring surgery. Until very recently your options included traditional surgery with a large open incision or laparoscopy, which uses small incisions but is typically limited to very simple procedures.

Thanks to a breakthrough surgical technology, there is a new category of minimally invasive surgery for which you may be a candidate. It is an effective, minimally invasive alternative to both open surgery and laparoscopy. Through the use of robotic surgical systems, surgeons are now able to offer a minimally invasive option for complex surgical procedures, and two of these breakthrough technologies are now available at Holy Cross Hospital: the da Vinci S^� Surgical System, and MAKO�s Haptic Guidance System�.

Imagine major surgery performed through the smallest of incisions. Imagine having the benefits of a definitive treatment but with the potential for significantly less pain, a shorter hospital stay, faster return to normal daily activities � as well as the potential for better clinical outcomes.

Learn more about the urologic, gynecologic, cardiothoracic and general surgery procedures performed today with the da Vinci Surgical System. With da Vinci, both patient and physician are realizing these unprecedented benefits.

Holy Cross is the first hospital in the world to offer MAKOplasty^�, a least invasive knee surgery that helps surgeons remove and replace only the portion of a patient�s knee that is damaged by osteoarthritis. The MAKOplasty^� procedure is made possible through MAKO Surgical Corp.�s Haptic Guidance System�, which allows surgeons to perform the procedure through a 2-3 inch incision preserving as much of the natural bone and soft tissues as possible. Click here to learn more about this least invasive knee surgery.