The future of surgical medicine is at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla with the recent addition of a robot named da Vinci. The state-of-the-art da Vinci Surgical System was celebrated as the newest addition to our surgical team.
Funding for the innovative technology at Scripps La Jolla was made possible through philanthropic contributions and proceeds raised at last year’s event, our 18th Annual Spinoff: Auction for Life, An Evening on the Orient-Express.
While traditional open surgery often requires long incisions and invasive tissue disruption, robotic surgery is performed through small incisions of one to two centimeters, with minimal impact to the surrounding area. This can result in less risk of infection, less pain and scarring and quicker recoveries for our patients.