1. Introduction
Robotic surgery or robot-assisted surgery is a method to perform surgery using very small tools that are attached to a robotic arm. The skilled surgeon controls the robotic arm with a computer. This technology offers the surgeon with a 10x magnified, high definition 3D-image of the complex anatomy of the body.
Your surgeon uses controls in the console for manipulating the special surgical instruments which are smaller and flexible than the human hand. The robot then replicates the hand movements of your surgeon thereby minimize the hand tremors. Thus it helps your surgeon to operate with better precision, control and dexterity even during the most complex procedures.
Robotic surgery or robot-assisted surgery is a method to perform surgery using very small tools that are attached to a robotic arm. The skilled surgeon controls the robotic arm with a computer. This technology offers the surgeon with a 10x magnified, high definition 3D-image of the complex anatomy of the body.
Your surgeon uses controls in the console for manipulating the special surgical instruments which are smaller and flexible than the human hand. The robot then replicates the hand movements of your surgeon thereby minimize the hand tremors. Thus it helps your surgeon to operate with better precision, control and dexterity even during the most complex procedures.
2. Why robotic surgery?
This surgery is similar to the laparoscopic surgery and can be performed by making smaller cuts than the open surgery. The small and precise movements are easily possible with this type of Robotic Surgery and this gives benefits over the standard endoscopic techniques.
When the robotic arm is placed in the abdomen, it gives easier access to your surgeon so that he uses his surgical tools than with the laparoscopic surgery through an endoscope. Your surgeon can see the area where the surgery is performed more easily. This method lets your surgeon to move in a more comfortable manner.
Although it may take longer to perform due to time required setting up the robot but it is usually preferred to perform more complex procedures.
The robotic surgery may be used for many different procedures like:
1. Gallbladder removal
2. Coronary artery bypass
3. Hip replacement
4. Cutting away the cancer tissue from the sensitive parts of the body like the nerves, blood vessels or the vital body organs
5. Hysterectomy
6. Kidney transplant
7. Mitral valve repair
8. Kidney removal
9. Pyloroplasty
10. Tubal ligation
11. Radical prostatectomy
3. Surgical robots.-“Da Vinci”
The surgical robot or the Da Vinci robot is the first known robot in the history. The Da Vinci surgical system was made by the American Company called as Intuitive Surgical and it was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the year 2000. The robots help to facilitate the complex surgery by using a minimally invasive approach and it is controlled from a console by the surgeon.
This system is generally used for the prostatectomies, gynecologic surgical procedures and for the cardiac valve repair. Da Vinci robots operate in hospitals worldwide. It is estimated that about 200,000 surgeries were conducted mostly for prostate removals and hysterectomies in the year 2012. The system costs average slightly below $2 million and requires about several hundred thousand dollars for annual maintenance.
4. Specialty of Da Vinci
If you have been just diagnosed with a system requiring surgery then you can opt for the latest surgical technology that is minimally invasive surgery. This surgery is an alternative to the traditional open surgery and the laparoscopy as it is very effective than the latter methods. The specialty of the Da Vinci surgical system now allows your surgeon to offer minimally invasive option for the most complex surgical procedures.
The surgery is performed through the smallest of the incisions which allows benefits of a definitive treatment but with significantly lesser pain and a shorter recovery period.
The treatments using the robotic surgery for gynecology, urology, gastroenterology and hepatology and cardiology are listed below:
b. Multiple Fibroids
c. Uterine and Vaginal Prolapse
d. Vesico-Vaginal Fistula
e. Endometriosis
f. Ovarian Cyst
b. Prostate, Bladder & Kidney Cancer
c. Vesico-Ureteric Reflux Disease
d. Congenital Defects
1. Reduced risk of wound infection
2. Faster recovery
3. Minimal blood loss during surgery
4. Reduced hospital stay
5. Less visible scars
6. Resolution of Co Morbidities
7. Long term weight loss
8. Better cancer control
9. Faster return to continence
10. Less damage to healthy tissue
11. Faster recovery of sexual function
This surgery is similar to the laparoscopic surgery and can be performed by making smaller cuts than the open surgery. The small and precise movements are easily possible with this type of Robotic Surgery and this gives benefits over the standard endoscopic techniques.
When the robotic arm is placed in the abdomen, it gives easier access to your surgeon so that he uses his surgical tools than with the laparoscopic surgery through an endoscope. Your surgeon can see the area where the surgery is performed more easily. This method lets your surgeon to move in a more comfortable manner.
Although it may take longer to perform due to time required setting up the robot but it is usually preferred to perform more complex procedures.
The robotic surgery may be used for many different procedures like:
1. Gallbladder removal
2. Coronary artery bypass
3. Hip replacement
4. Cutting away the cancer tissue from the sensitive parts of the body like the nerves, blood vessels or the vital body organs
5. Hysterectomy
6. Kidney transplant
7. Mitral valve repair
8. Kidney removal
9. Pyloroplasty
10. Tubal ligation
11. Radical prostatectomy
3. Surgical robots.-“Da Vinci”
The surgical robot or the Da Vinci robot is the first known robot in the history. The Da Vinci surgical system was made by the American Company called as Intuitive Surgical and it was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the year 2000. The robots help to facilitate the complex surgery by using a minimally invasive approach and it is controlled from a console by the surgeon.
This system is generally used for the prostatectomies, gynecologic surgical procedures and for the cardiac valve repair. Da Vinci robots operate in hospitals worldwide. It is estimated that about 200,000 surgeries were conducted mostly for prostate removals and hysterectomies in the year 2012. The system costs average slightly below $2 million and requires about several hundred thousand dollars for annual maintenance.
4. Specialty of Da Vinci
If you have been just diagnosed with a system requiring surgery then you can opt for the latest surgical technology that is minimally invasive surgery. This surgery is an alternative to the traditional open surgery and the laparoscopy as it is very effective than the latter methods. The specialty of the Da Vinci surgical system now allows your surgeon to offer minimally invasive option for the most complex surgical procedures.
The surgery is performed through the smallest of the incisions which allows benefits of a definitive treatment but with significantly lesser pain and a shorter recovery period.
The treatments using the robotic surgery for gynecology, urology, gastroenterology and hepatology and cardiology are listed below:
- Gynecology:
b. Multiple Fibroids
c. Uterine and Vaginal Prolapse
d. Vesico-Vaginal Fistula
e. Endometriosis
f. Ovarian Cyst
- Urology
b. Prostate, Bladder & Kidney Cancer
c. Vesico-Ureteric Reflux Disease
d. Congenital Defects
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Liver Disease
- Colon and Rectal Cancer
- Obesity & Metabolic Disorders
- Gastric Cancer
- Esophageal disorders
- Cardiology
- Mitral and Aortic Valve Disease
- Atrial Septal Defects
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Benefits of robotic surgery
1. Reduced risk of wound infection
2. Faster recovery
3. Minimal blood loss during surgery
4. Reduced hospital stay
5. Less visible scars
6. Resolution of Co Morbidities
7. Long term weight loss
8. Better cancer control
9. Faster return to continence
10. Less damage to healthy tissue
11. Faster recovery of sexual function
- Success rate in robotic surgery:
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