Intermountain Health has become a national leader for advances in robotic surgeries with Intermountain surgeons performing thousands of surgical procedures usin
g robot-assisted devices for a variety of surgical procedures for patients across the state.
“During training, robotic surgeries could take up to eight hours,” said Dr. Matern. “But the tools continue to improve, and the minimally invasive surgeries allows us to get patients back on their feet and even send some home that same day.” Intermountain Health has also added the Mako SmartRobotics system at Intermountain Park City Hospital and Intermountain Spanish Fork Hospital. The Mako robotic system is designed to assist orthopedic surgeons who perform partial and full knee replacements.
At Intermountain Medical Center, cardiac specialists were among the first in the world – and first in Utah – to use the Stereotaxis Genesis robotic system to perform cardiac ablation, a common minimally invasive procedure to treat patients suffering from heart arrhythmias.
Intermountain Health Dr. Matern Surgeon Minimally Invasive Da Vinci XI Surgical Milestone
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