Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery

Surgery does­n’t have to mean weeks of recov­ery or large scars that tell your sto­ry. At Duly Health and Care, our min­i­mal­ly inva­sive and robot­ic surgery pro­grams trans­form what surgery can look like, help­ing you heal faster, hurt less, and get back to the moments that mat­ter most.

With more than 25 robot­i­cal­ly skilled sur­geons across mul­ti­ple spe­cial­ties, we’ve built one of the most com­pre­hen­sive min­i­mal­ly inva­sive pro­grams in the region. From rou­tine pro­ce­dures to com­plex can­cer surg­eries, we’re equipped to care for you through advanced tech­niques that pri­or­i­tize your com­fort and recovery.

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What Makes Min­i­mal­ly Inva­sive Surgery Different?

Think of tra­di­tion­al surgery as open­ing a door with a sledge­ham­mer, while min­i­mal­ly inva­sive surgery is like using the per­fect key. Instead of large inci­sions that require cut­ting through mus­cle and tis­sue, we use spe­cial­ized instru­ments passed through open­ings small­er than your pinky finger.

Our sur­geons work with high-def­i­n­i­tion cam­eras that pro­vide crys­tal-clear, mag­ni­fied views inside your body. These advanced visu­al­iza­tion tools, com­bined with pre­ci­sion instru­ments, allow us to per­form even the most del­i­cate pro­ce­dures through tiny open­ings. The result? Your body expe­ri­ences less trau­ma, and you expe­ri­ence a gen­tler path to healing.

The Tech­nol­o­gy That Changes Everything

• Laparo­scop­ic Tech­niques: Using slen­der instru­ments and a minia­ture cam­era, we can access areas of your body that once required large inci­sions. The cam­era becomes our eyes, pro­vid­ing detailed views that help us work with incred­i­ble precision.
• Robot­ic-Assist­ed Surgery: Our da Vin­ci® Sur­gi­cal Sys­tems, includ­ing the advanced da Vin­ci Xi™ at our Lom­bard loca­tion, take pre­ci­sion to anoth­er lev­el. These sys­tems trans­late our sur­geons’ move­ments into micro-pre­cise motions, with 360-degree flex­i­bil­i­ty that sur­pass­es what human hands can achieve alone.
• Sin­gle-Port Options: For select pro­ce­dures, we can per­form entire oper­a­tions through a sin­gle small inci­sion, often hid­den with­in your nat­ur­al body contours.

Your Body Will Thank You

When we can accom­plish the same sur­gi­cal goals through small­er inci­sions, your entire heal­ing expe­ri­ence transforms:

• Less Pain: Small­er inci­sions mean less tis­sue dis­rup­tion and sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduced post-oper­a­tive dis­com­fort. Some patients don’t need as many pain med­ica­tions and feel more com­fort­able through­out their recovery.
• Faster Heal­ing: With min­i­mal tis­sue trau­ma, your body can focus on heal­ing rather than recov­er­ing from exten­sive sur­gi­cal wounds. Most patients return to their dai­ly rou­tines weeks soon­er than with tra­di­tion­al surgery.
• Bare­ly-There Scars: Our tiny inci­sions heal into bare­ly vis­i­ble marks, so you can move for­ward with­out vis­i­ble reminders of your sur­gi­cal experience.
• Short­er Hos­pi­tal Stays: Many min­i­mal­ly inva­sive pro­ce­dures allow you to go home the same day or after just one night in the hos­pi­tal, so you can recov­er in the com­fort of your own space.
• Low­er Infec­tion Risk: Small­er wounds mean few­er oppor­tu­ni­ties for infec­tion, giv­ing you peace of mind dur­ing your recovery.

Con­di­tions We Treat With Advanced Techniques

Our min­i­mal­ly inva­sive approach ben­e­fits patients across a wide range of health challenges:

Can­cer Care

• Prostate, kid­ney, and blad­der cancers
• Gyne­co­log­ic can­cers (cer­vi­cal, ovar­i­an, uterine)
• Col­orec­tal cancers 
• Head and neck tumors
• Tho­racic tumors and lung conditions

Diges­tive Health

• Gall­blad­der disorders
• Her­nias (inguinal, ven­tral, hiatal)
• Reflux dis­ease (GERD) 
• Inflam­ma­to­ry bow­el conditions
• Appen­dix removal

Weight Man­age­ment

• Gas­tric bypass surgery
• Sleeve gas­trec­to­my
• Revi­sion procedures

Ready to explore your options? Sched­ule an appoint­ment online with your PCP to see if min­i­mal­ly inva­sive surgery is right for you. Togeth­er, we’ll deter­mine the best approach for your care and help you move for­ward with confidence.