Two sets of hands are always better than one when heading into surgery. Now Wisconsin surgeons are suiting-up without even getting theirs messy.

Mercy Hospital in Janesville has welcomed "The da Vinci Si HD" into its operating rooms. The dual-console robotic surgical system allows two surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures utilizing the mechanical hands. The "da Vinci" has twice the viewing resolution and the HD cameras can see more than the human eye. Some benefits for the patients include faster recovery, less pain, less risk of infections, and minimal scarring which adds up to increased satisfaction.

"The goal is to take something very difficult that would keep people in the hospital for a very long time and make it simpler but not to compromise the outcome. We want better than normal outcomes, but a situation where the patient can go home and resume its daily activities in a much shorter period of time," says Urologist Nick Gianitsos.

Mercy Hospital Janesville is now one of only five hospitals in the nation, and the only one in Wisconsin and the Midwest to have the da Vince Si HD.