The Compass - Fort Worth The Compass, Summer 2019 | Page 4

FOCUS ON: PHILANTHROPY
da Vinci Xi Robot
Surgical robotics means more than technology
in an operating room. It means getting you
back to your life.
his year, Baylor Scott & White system and can be used for a wide surgeon specializing in adult cardiac
All Saints Health Foundation spectrum of complex diseases. It surgery and general thoracic surgery.
donors provided funding for an is especially helpful in the areas of In December, Dr. Wu performed Fort
advanced robotic surgical system, the colorectal, general, gynecologic and Worth’s first robotic-assisted thoracic
da Vinci Xi. Since the installation of the urologic surgery. More than 175 robotic surgery. Even more recently, he
da Vinci Xi in September 2018, the surgeries, ranging from gallbladder performed the city’s first unassisted
number of robotic surgeries performed removal to gynecologic cancer and even robotic lobectomy (a type of lung cancer
at our medical center has nearly doubled donor nephrectomy (the removal of a surgery in which one lobe of a lung is
as compared to last year. kidney for transplantation), have been removed).
This new robotic surgical system
expands Baylor Scott & White – Fort
performed in the eight short months the
da Vinci Xi has been in place.
According to Dr. Wu, “The da Vinci Xi
allows us to do life-saving therapy with
Worth’s robotic surgery capacity and In addition to these life-changing capabilities. It plays an important role surgeries, the da Vinci has also made thoracic cancer, cardiac disease, and
in the ongoing growth of the existing history here in Fort Worth. tumors. Not only can robotic arms
surgical program. By adding the da
Jeffrey J. Wu, MD, is a cardiothoracic
less pain for those with lung cancer,
give you more precision, the robot can
Vinci Xi, more surgeons and patients
can benefit from robotic procedures,
which are typically less invasive and may
offer a faster recovery and less scarring.
Minimally invasive surgery utilizing robotic
technology is becoming the standard of
care in complex surgeries.
The daVinci Xi has broader
capabilities than its prior generation
“With robotics, the
pain for the patient
is much less, you have
a quicker recovery
time, shorter length of
a hospital stay, and
it also makes it
easier to get node
sampling. It has been
tremendous.”
—Dr. Jeffrey J. Wu
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THE COMPASS / BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE FOUNDATION NEWS / SUMMER 2019
Dr. Wu performing the first daVinci
Xi robotic surgery at Baylor Scott
& White – Fort Worth. The robotic
technology allows for smaller, less
painful incisions, greater visibility
for the surgeon, and quicker
recovery times for the patient.