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Physicians who perform
da Vinci® surgical
treatment at St. Francis Hospital

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Paul Davis, MD
701 North Clayton Street
Suite 401
Medical Office Building,
Wilmington, DE 19805
T 302.421.4800

General Surgery

Katherine A. Sahm, MD
Advanced Surgical Specialists
701 North Clayton Street
Medical Service Bldg.
Suite 601, Wilmington, DE  19805
T 302.421.4290

Gynecological Surgery

The Woman's Place
1100 N. Grant Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19805
T 302.421.4670

Molly McBride, MD
Rachel Heinle, MD

St. Francis OB/GYN Center
701 North Clayton Street,
Suite 505
Medical Office Building
Wilmington, DE 19805
T 302.421.4775

James Cosgrove, DO
Richard Leader, MD
Nancy Petit, MD

Richard Henderson, MD
701 North Clayton Street,
Suite 510
Medical Office Building
Wilmington, DE 19805
P 302.658.8867

Ronaldo Domingo, MD
620 Christiana Medical Center
Newark, DE 
302.731.5548

Urological Surgery

Urologic Surgical Associates of Delaware
2600 Glasgow Avenue,
Suite 200
Newark, DE 19702
T 836.5500

Francis Schanne, MD
Thomas Desperito, MD

Patient Services

Surgical Services : da Vinci® Surgical System

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a condition that may require surgery, you owe it to yourself to learn about all of your medical options, including the most effective, least invasive surgical treatments available.

The da Vinci^® Surgical System provides surgeons with an alternative to both traditional open surgery and conventional laparoscopy, putting a surgeon's hands at the controls of a state-of-the-art robotic platform. The da Vinci System enables surgeons to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions with unmatched precision.

For the patient, benefits may include:

• Significantly less pain
• Less blood loss
• Less scarring
• Shorter recovery time
• A faster return to normal daily activities
• And in many cases, better clinical outcomes

St. Francis is the only hospital in Wilmington offering this advanced surgical technology.

• da Vinci® Hysterectomy

  Traditional open hysterectomy - removal of the uterus - requires a 6-12" abdominal incision and weeks of recovery. da Vinci^® Hysterectomy is performed through five tiny incisions which heal in a fraction of the time. For women diagnosed with uterine fibroids, da Vinci Myomectomy represents a minimally invasive surgical treatment designed to preserve the uterus.

• da Vinci® Prostatectomy

  The da Vinci^® Prostatectomy performed with the da Vinci^® Surgical System represents the fastest growing treatment for prostate cancer today. In addition to the other benefits, recent studies suggest that da Vinci Prostatectomy may offer improved cancer control and a lower incidence of impotence and urinary incontinence due to the precision of the procedure.

• See how it works

  Watch the video to see why the da Vinci® Surgical System is so precise.