21st Century Medicine
Dr. Norwood is one of a growing number of surgeons worldwide who has been successfully trained and is certified on the da Vinci® Robotic Surgery System. Robotic surgery is the latest advancement in “true 21st century” medicine. Robotic surgery offers the benefits of traditional multiport surgery with enhanced surgical precision, control, stability and 3D HD visualization.
Dr. Norwood is one of the top 10 National Epicenter surgeons for General and Bariatric surgery procedures and provides training to other surgeons for this specialty. He recently became the second surgeon in the United States to remove a diseased gallbladder through a “single incision site” with the aid of a new FDA-approved da Vinci® Surgical System. It was the first surgery of its kind in Louisiana.
The da Vinci® Surgical System is a state-of-the-art robotic technology which is designed to help your surgeon see vital anatomical structures more clearly and to perform a more precise surgical procedure.
The da Vinci® Surgical System can offer numerous benefits including:
- shorter hospital stay
- less pain and scarring
- less risk of infection
- less blood loss
- faster recovery
- quicker return to normal activities
Bariatric Procedures include:
General Surgery procedures include:
- Appendix
- Colon
- Esophagus
- Gallbladder
- Hernia Repair
- Stomach
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