Daryl Marx, MD, who specializes in general, bariatric and
robotic-assisted surgery at Willis-Knighton Health System, has performed his 3,000th
da Vinci® robotic surgery. Dr. Marx, who practices at WK Minimally Invasive
Surgery Center, has been using the da Vinci technology since 2012.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to help improve
the health of my patients,” Dr. Marx says. “It’s my dream to see patients have a surgical
intervention with little to no impact on their daily lives. Robotic surgery
helps me attain my dream.”
The da Vinci Surgical system enables surgeons to perform minimally
invasive surgical procedures with a degree of precision, control and dexterity
that traditional surgery cannot match. Benefits to patients include less pain, smaller
incisions, shorter hospital stays, reduced risk of infection and faster
recovery times.
Dr. Marx averages 10 to 15 robotic surgeries, including
bariatric surgeries, per week. As an experienced surgeon in the da Vinci Surgical
System, he trains and proctors other surgeons in robotics.
WK Minimally Invasive Surgery Center is located at Willis-Knighton
Medical Center in the Diagnostic & Surgical Building, 2751 Albert L.
Bicknell Drive, in Shreveport.

Daryl Marx, MD, is shown with Willis-Knighton Medical Center surgery staffers Heather Clark (left) and Gary Smith.