Dr. Mike Aberger sits in the Da Vinci surgical console to see the new features on the upgraded model/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph has been utilizing robotic assisted surgery for going on three years, but now the hospital will be getting an upgrade. The Da Vinci system helps provide minimally invasive surgery with surgeons being assisted by robotics. Da Vinci representative Whitney Eliot says the procedure helps hospitals get patients home quicker. "If you are able to have a same day procedure where they're not having to stay and use a bed, that means a lot to hospitals, because they're able to treat more patients," Eliot tells reporters. "So, with Da Vinci patients are usually able to come in and be treated same day, most of the time go home that afternoon, or if anything it's just going to be a shorter length of stay for them." Eliot says the system also helps make the careers of surgeons longer by providing a more ergonomic experience sitting down to control the robot. Community members experience the Da Vinci robotic surgery system during an open house at Mosaic/ Photo by Matt Pike Dr. Mike Aberger a Urologist with Mosaic, says the system has had many benefits for patients "The robotic surgery in particular has helped us with less blood loss, quicker recovery time, patients get in and out of the hospital faster because they have less pain associated with it because they don't have as big of an incision," Aberger tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. Aberger says the tool also provides increased magnification, so surgeons are able to see in smaller areas better, which he says has been beneficial in his field "Robotic surgery with the prostate has been extremely beneficial, because we're working in the pelvis, which is a very narrow and tight area, so that magnification has helped improve outcomes specifically in regard to prostate cancer," Aberger explains. Mosaic has had the Da Vinci system in place going on three years now and Aberger says it's proven effective and many patients come in asking for the procedure. Mosaic CEO Mike Poore sitting in the Da Vinci robotic surgery console/ Photo by Matt Pike Mosaic CEO Mike Poore says tools like this are vitally important to keep up with other hospitals, but even more importantly it helps recruit, retain, and attract the best surgeons "Because the best surgeons of course want to work with the best tools to do their job," Poore points out. "And having this technology for those surgeons so that we can recruit and retain those surgeons is vitally important." Poore says students from the UMKC School of Medicine will also get exposed to the Da Vinci system, which is also good for Mosaic because students see they don't have to go to a larger college to get access to the best equipment. Students from the UMKC School of Medicine get a tutorial on the Da Vinci robotic surgery system/ Photo by Matt Pike You can follow Matt on X @KfeqMatt and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.