WEBVTT 00:11.577 --> 00:15.744 ^- So, today for Keesler was us launching robotic surgery, 00:16.184 --> 00:19.267 which will now give us the ability to 00:19.322 --> 00:22.444 do cases that we were unable to do here. 00:22.444 --> 00:26.527 That we had an ability to do down at Merit Health 00:26.702 --> 00:30.452 downtown, we can now do them at our own base. 00:31.034 --> 00:32.871 - I had a great deal of robotics experience in my 00:32.871 --> 00:34.670 fellowship before coming to Keesler. 00:34.670 --> 00:36.638 And up to this point, we've been taking all the robotics 00:36.638 --> 00:39.218 ^cases to Merit Health Biloxi, under what's called 00:39.218 --> 00:40.718 ^an URSA agreement. 00:41.379 --> 00:44.518 ^But we saw that as more product lines at Keesler were 00:44.518 --> 00:48.280 utilizing robotics, we felt the need was here for us to 00:48.280 --> 00:50.774 go through the acquisitions process. 00:50.774 --> 00:53.840 And I kind of led the charge on that, with help from 00:53.840 --> 00:57.778 numerous individuals, Major Talmer, Lieutenant Hoskins, 00:57.778 --> 01:00.524 and some of the other robotic surgeons in the facility. 01:00.524 --> 01:04.691 The abilities of the robot, the visualization is better. 01:04.821 --> 01:06.512 You can do more with your wrists, you can create 01:06.512 --> 01:09.352 unique angles with the wrist, whereas the laparoscopic 01:09.352 --> 01:11.420 instruments are traditionally rigid instruments. 01:11.420 --> 01:13.938 So we can do more with our hands, we can see better, 01:13.938 --> 01:16.140 and that lets us limit the incision, which lets patients 01:16.140 --> 01:18.483 recover faster with less pain. 01:18.483 --> 01:20.406 So I think this is a tremendous opportunity for all the 01:20.406 --> 01:23.696 patients here at Keesler, including the VA patients 01:23.696 --> 01:25.915 that we take care of here as well. 01:25.915 --> 01:27.946 Start taking that over towards the liver, see that kinda ... 01:27.946 --> 01:28.779 - [Make Voice] Yes. 01:28.779 --> 01:30.173 - Right here, you can take a little bit of that. 01:30.173 --> 01:32.069 I think your artery's gonna be underneath there. 01:32.069 --> 01:34.944 We are the first Air Force Hospital to go through that 01:34.944 --> 01:36.915 acquisitions process, and the first to acquire 01:36.915 --> 01:38.772 the robotic technology. 01:38.772 --> 01:40.720 And as we see trends in the private sector, 01:40.720 --> 01:44.720 the utilization of this technology is increasing 01:45.155 --> 01:47.988 across many different specialties. 01:49.096 --> 01:52.070 And we can do so much more with small incisions, 01:52.070 --> 01:53.799 and that really is driven by patient outcomes, 01:53.799 --> 01:55.466 and that's our goal. 01:56.959 --> 02:01.126 ^- I was told that This didn't seem like a first surgery, 02:02.550 --> 02:06.230 ^that it was really smooth in comparison to most 02:06.230 --> 02:09.767 facilities when they do their first robotics case. 02:09.767 --> 02:13.350 Usually it's a rough, steep learning curve, 02:13.363 --> 02:16.906 and here it was very smooth, and it seemed like 02:16.906 --> 02:20.823 we had been doing it for a long period of time. 02:22.047 --> 02:24.888 - So, many times in a da Vinci program, 02:24.888 --> 02:27.163 the nurses and techs kinda learn on the job. 02:27.163 --> 02:30.068 But here, at least, we have training before we go in. 02:30.068 --> 02:32.532 Makes us much more efficient with the communication, 02:32.532 --> 02:34.199 the language we use. 02:34.205 --> 02:35.811 I think that helped us with today, 02:35.811 --> 02:37.754 having to get through it, and get through it quick. 02:37.754 --> 02:39.921 So it was perfect for us.