You may be a candidate for minimally invasive surgery. Minimally invasive surgical techniques which include robotic and laparoscopic options enable our surgeons to perform delicate and complex operations through a few tiny incisions.
Minimally invasive surgery is used to treat such colorectal conditions as: colon cancer, rectal cancer, diverticulitis, and inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease).
Minimally invasive surgery offers patients needing removal of part or all of the colon and/or rectum potential benefits such as:
| Providence Health and Services | Colorectal Health NW | |
| Total Surgeries | 3248 | 140 |
| Average length of stay after surgery | 5.4 days | 3 days |
| Conversion rate to open surgery | 16.3% | 2.9% |
| Complication rate | 18.8% | 2% |
When compared to the rest of surgeons using Providence Health and Services Hospitals throughout the Northwest, our minimally invasive surgical results are superior with shorter length of stay in the hospital after surgery, less need for conventional open surgery with large incisions, and a lower complication rate.
Using minimally invasive techniques along with our Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) program have allowed our surgeons to obtain such exceptional results for our patients.
The da Vinci Robot is used for about 90% of the minimally invasive procedures that we do at Colorectal Health NW.
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Minimally invasive or laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery.
