Tampa General Hospital Takes Surgical Precision to the Next Level with New Intuitive da Vinci 5® Surgical System

The advanced platform enables better patient outcomes with minimally invasive care.

 

Tampa, FL (August 12, 2024) – Tampa General Hospital (TGH) today announced its acquisition of the new Intuitive da Vinci 5® Surgical System, the latest update in the innovative and advanced surgical platform designed to enable better outcomes with minimally invasive care. Tampa General is the first hospital in the region to offer the new surgical system.

 

The da Vinci® Surgical System provides surgeons with enhanced surgical precision, increased range of motion, improved agility, enhanced visualization and easier access to very confined areas of the body. As a result, surgeons are able to use a minimally invasive approach during urology, gynecology, thoracic and general surgeries. To date, Tampa General has completed more than 15,000 da Vinci procedures.

 

“As one of the nation’s leading academic health centers with demonstrated success in robot-assisted surgery, Tampa General is committed to improving patient outcomes through world-class care,” said Dr. Raviender Bukkapatnam, chief of the TGH Urology Institute, president of Florida Urology Partners, co-director of the Robotic Center of Excellence at Tampa General and the first surgeon to perform robot-assisted surgery at Tampa General in 2008. “Acquiring the new da Vinci 5® Surgical System – the first robotic update in over a decade – marks a major milestone in our continued commitment to surgical innovation with artificial intelligence,” he said.

 

The latest enhancement offers several new benefits to patients, including shorter hospital stays, less pain, lower risk of infection and faster recovery times. From a surgical perspective, the platform enables more precise surgical movements and technology; sharper surgical imagery; dynamic feedback to improve skills during training simulations; and 10,000 times more computing power.

 

“After receiving our designation as a Center of Excellence in 2022, Tampa General has taken our commitment to surgery innovation to the next level with robot-assisted surgery,” said Dr. Christopher DuCoin, professor and vice chair of the Department of Surgery at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, chief of the Tampa General Digestive Diseases Institute, and co-director of the Robotic Center of Excellence at Tampa General. “Our expert team of clinicians, surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists continues to exceed our expectations in the delivery of care with the best possible outcomes,” he said.

 

In November 2022, Tampa General celebrated 10,000 successful robot-assisted surgeries and less than 20 months later, hit another huge milestone with 15,000 robot-assisted surgeries further highlighting the growth and expertise in this field. Tampa General Hospital has earned its accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Robot-Assisted Surgery from the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), a leading and internationally recognized patient safety organization. The accreditation recognizes Tampa General’s commitment to delivering the highest standards of quality, safety and efficiency in patient care.