- U.S. News & World Report

"The precision and flexibility of this type of computerized system will allow us to do things we haven't even thought of yet."

- Dr. William Kelley. Henrico Doctors Hospital, Richmond, VA

"Once you see the way patients recover, there is just no way you want to go back to larger incisions...."

- Douglas A. Murphy, M.D., Cardiac Surgeon
Saint Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta, GA

"This is a significant milestone to minimize the trauma of surgery."

- Dr. Craig Smith. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

"Robotic assisted surgery is safe and effective, and is a new reality for American surgery."

- Mark A. Talamini, M.D. et al
"A Prospective Analysis of 211 Robotic Assisted
Surgical Procedures," Surgical Endoscopy

"As a trained surgical oncologist, the da Vinci System has allowed me to offer my patients a better cancer operation with improved clinical outcomes."

- Thomas E. Ahlering, M.D., Associate Professor of Urology;
Director, Urological Oncology
University of California Irvine Medical Center

"In my experience, robotics allows for greater surgical precision which leads to improvements in cancer control, potency and urinary function."

- Mani Menon, M.D., Director,
Vattikuti Urology Institute,
Henry Ford Health System

"After ... deciding upon a radical prostatectomy, I quickly did extensive research regarding my options. When I discovered information about the procedure using the da Vinci Surgical System, I was convinced that this was the only option for me. I was back to work after four and a half weeks and even played racquetball after six weeks."

- da Vinci Prostatectomy patient, aerospace design engineer

"I was home maybe three days [after coronary revascularization surgery] when I went shopping at the grocery store."

- 69 year-old da Vinci Coronary Revascularization patient

"I have not taken a Tylenol throughout the entire process..."

- da Vinci Prostatectomy patient