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Neville students view robotic surgery system: Neville students view robotic surgery system

Neville High School junior April Berry plans to pursue a career in nursing and Thursday she got hands-on experience with Monroe Surgical Hospital’s new robotic surgery system called the da Vinci Si.

Biology teacher Angela Harrison was instrumental in getting the hospital to showcase the new robotic surgery system at the school.

“I thought it was a pretty cool hands-on activity and very educational. They come up with new devices every day and now they have a robot, so what are they going to have in the near future when I finally become a nurse?” Berry said.

Some of the system's features include enhanced 3D, high-definition vision of operative field with up to 10-times magnification, superior visual clarity of tissue and anatomy, surgical dexterity and precision greater than the human hand, updated and simplified user interface and new ergonomic settings for greater surgeon comfort.

See The News-Star’s print edition Friday for more on this story.

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April Berry, Neville High School junior, looks up from the da Vinci Si Surgical System. On Thursday, May 17, 2011, Monroe Surgical brought their new robotic surgery system to Neville High School so students would have the opportunity to use the equipment. / Margaret Croft/The News-Star

Neville students view robotic surgery system: Neville students view robotic surgery system

April Berry, Neville High School junior, looks up from the da Vinci Si Surgical System. On Thursday, May 17, 2011, Monroe Surgical brought their new robotic surgery system to Neville High School so students would have the opportunity to use the equipment. / Margaret Croft/The News-Star

Written by Scott Rogers