Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery Specializations
Providence surgeons conduct more than 4,000 laparoscopic surgeries each year in the Portland area. If you're scheduled for an upcoming minimally invasive surgery at a Providence hospital, you're in good hands!
Learn about some of the most common types of minimally invasive surgeries by exploring the links below. If you don't see your upcoming surgery listed, please visit our Healthwise® library and search for the surgery name.
General Surgery
Cholecystectomy
The most commonly performed type of surgery in the United States is a laparoscopic gallbladder removal, or cholecystectomy, with nearly 1 million performed annually nationwide. Cholecystectomy is also the leading minimally invasive surgery conducted at Providence.
More than 600,000 hernia repair operations are conducted annually in the United States. In some cases, laparoscopic hernia repair is an option. At Providence, one of our most commonly performed surgeries is laparoscopic hernia repair.
Gynecology
Hysterectomy
More than 600,000 women undergo hysterectomy surgery each year in the United States, most of them through open surgery. Radical, partial and supracervical hysterectomies may be performed vaginally, laparoscopically, or through robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery.
Removal of the kidney, or nephrectomy, is the most commonly performed minimally invasive urological surgery at Providence hospitals.
Prostatectomy
As a treatment for prostate cancer, a radical prostatectomy involves the removal the entire prostate gland. Providence surgeons are experienced with laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, as well as robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
I was up on my feet walking around the same day. The recuperation was a lot faster than I anticipated. The incisions were just as small as they said they would be, and there was very little, if any, discomfort afterward. B.A., Robot-assisted prostatectomy patient
