Robotic-Assisted Surgery

Advanced Technologies for Better Care

Mako Robotic-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery
Mako Procedures Performed at BCH
Physicians Performing Mako Surgery at BCH
Da Vinci Xi Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Da Vinci Xi Procedures Performed at BCH
Physicians Performing Da Vinci Xi Surgery at BCH

Skilled surgeons are critical when it comes to getting the best outcome from advanced robotic-arm-assisted surgical procedures. Our surgeons have been providing these minimally invasive surgeries since this technology was first introduced. In fact, BCH introduced the innovative Mako and da Vinci® systems to Boulder County - and has recently invested in the latest da Vinci Xi™ technology.

Procedures performed with robotic-assisted surgery systems may offer important benefits compared to open surgery, including:

Significantly less pain
Less blood loss
Less scarring
Shorter surgery recovery time
Faster return to normal daily activities

Mako Robotic-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery

mako machine Foothills Hospital offers the full suite of Mako options for knee and hip surgery, including total knee replacement. Mako robotic-arm-assisted surgery can reduce pain and shorten recovery time, getting you back to the activities you love.

The Mako surgery process starts with a CT scan of the patients' knee joint that is used to generate a 3D virtual model of their unique anatomy. This model is loaded into the Mako system software and is used to create a personalized pre-operative plan that ensures the knee or hip implant's ideal compatibility with each patients' specific anatomy.

Mako Robotic-Assisted Surgery Procedures Performed at BCH

Physicians Performing Mako Surgery at BCH

Da Vinci Xi Robotic-Assisted Surgical Specialties: Cardiovascular, Gynecology, Urology and General Surgery

da vinci xi robotic Foothills Hospital is home to the da Vinci Xi surgical system, the most advanced minimally invasive option for the greater precision called for when performing complex surgeries in the areas of cardiothoracic, colorectal, general, gynecologic and urologic surgery. The Xi system’s enhancements include:

Sharper 3D-HD visuals (10 times greater than the human eye)
Four robotic arms that can move in virtually any direction
Articulating instruments outfitted with technology to minimize blood loss and pain.
Greater, more intuitive range of motion

The da Vinci Xi system takes even the most experienced, skilled surgeon's human movements and refines them further. If there is a hand tremor, it is able to reduce it. The advanced technology allows surgeons to make micro movements and manipulations on a smaller scale than is possible with hands in real life. Surgeons who use the system have described the experience as enabling them to maintain all six degrees of free-wristed movement while working in the body, and "to literally operate with three `hands' at once."

To perform advanced procedures with da Vinci Xi system, surgeons make very small incisions to insert a tiny high-definition, three-dimensional camera and miniature surgical instruments into a patient’s body. Seated at a large virtual-reality console, your surgeon uses the sharply defined visuals to precisely maneuver hand controls that guide the robotic arms. The arms hold instruments outfitted with cutting-edge bipolar and electrocautery technology to minimize blood loss and minimize pain. Every surgical maneuver can be performed with direct control by your surgeon: the da Vinci surgical system cannot move on its own.