Robotic and Minimally Invasive Procedures

Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center is home to West Houston's first da Vinci® Surgical System, currently used for urological and gynecological procedures, extending the surgeon's capabilities through enhanced 3-D visualization, improved dexterity, greater surgical precision, improved access, increased range of motion and reproducibility. Image-guided technology is available for use in ENT, neurosurgery and orthopedics, and voice-activated technology is available for gynecological procedures.

Our urological surgeons are leaders in robotic prostatectomy and trained in all aspects of adult and pediatric urology, including minimally invasive surgical procedures such as laparoscopic kidney, bladder and prostate surgery, urologic cancer surgery and reconstructive surgery.

Robotic-Assisted Procedures

Urologic Surgery

• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty

Gynecology/Oncology

• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic total abdominal hysterectomy

Minimally Invasive Procedures

Abdominal

• Laparoscopic colon resection
• Laparoscopic resection of rectum
• Laparoscopic small bowel resection
• Laparoscopic gastric resection
• Laparoscopic resection of adrenal tumors
• Laparoscopic splenectomy
• Laparoscopic biopsy of intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal structures 
• Laparoscopic lymphadenectomy
• Laparoscopic resection of gallbladder tumors
• Laparoscopic weight-reduction surgery
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic appendectomy

Breast

• Stereotactic biopsy
• Ultrasound-guided needle biopsy
• Breast ductogram

Cardiothoracic

• Endovascular thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) repair
• Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
• Thymectomy with robotics

 Gynecological

• Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic oophorectomy/salpingectomy
• Laparoscopic lymphadenectomy
• Laparoscopic D&C hysteroscopy
• Laparoscopic D&C
• Burch Laparoscopic
• Laparoscopic Burch McCall culdoplasty
• Laparoscopic abdominal hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy McCall hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic Burch McCall posterior vaginal repair and hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic hysterectomy
• Laparoscopic chromotubation hysterectomy
• Laparoscopy with laser
• Diagnostic laparoscopy
• Laparoscopic pelvic prolapse
• Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) placement
• Trans obturator tape (TOT) placement 
• Supra Pubic Arc (SPARC™)

 Head and Neck

• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery

 Orthopedic

• Arthroscopy for knees, elbows, wrists, shoulders and ankles
• MIS knee and hip replacement
• Computer-assisted knee and hip replacement
• Knee arthroscopy with ACL reconstruction
• Knee arthroscopy - OATS procedure
• Shoulder arthroscopy with Bankhart repair
• Shoulder arthroscopy with SLAP repair
• Shoulder arthroscopy with rotator cuff repair

 Peripheral Vascular

• Carotid endarterectomy

 Thoracic

• Video-assisted thoracic surgery
• Thoracoscopic resection/biopsy of lung and thoracic tumors
• Mediastinoscopy

Urological

• Laparoscopic partial and radical nephrectomy
• Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
• Laparoscopic lymphadenectomy
• Radical prostatectomy
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty

Contact Us

Memorial Hermann MIS and Robotic-Assisted Surgery

Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
921 Gessner Road
Houston, Texas 77024