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How Robotic Surgery Is Changing Treatment for Gynecologic Conditions (podcast)
Minimally invasive robotic surgery offers quicker recovery

Dr. Anupam “Bobby” Garg, OB-GYN, Scripps Clinic
Minimally invasive robotic surgery offers quicker recovery
Millions of American women suffer from pelvic pain, unusually heavy bleeding, uterine fibroids and pelvic organ prolapse. Correcting these conditions has historically required extensive surgery, but newer robotic procedures are less invasive and require much less downtime.
In this episode of San Diego Health, host Susan Taylor and OB-GYNs Anupam “Bobby” Garg, MD, and Valerie Gafori, MD, discuss common gynecological conditions that may require surgery and what doctors can do to treat them, including minimally invasive procedures performed using FDA-approved robotic medical equipment.
The term robot is a bit of a misnomer. While the surgical robot holds instruments and is equipped with a 3D camera, doctors ultimately control its motions. The robot allows surgeons the dexterity that previous laparoscopic techniques could not.
Listen to the episode on what robotic gynecologic surgery can do
Listen to the episode on what robotic gynecologic surgery can do
Podcast highlights
Podcast highlights
What are the different types of myomectomies? (2:56)
Dr. Gafori: There are hysteroscopic myomectomies, which are done through the vagina and the fibroid is removed through the vagina.
There are open surgeries, which are big, extensive surgeries, where we make big incisions [in the abdomen] and those are typically reserved for patients who have many, many very large fibroids. There are laparoscopic myomectomies and robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomies.
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