ROBOTIC SURGERY

Introduction -

Healthcare technology is advancing rapidly & transforming procedures for surgeons & patients alike.

Tremendous progress has been made in Minimal Invasive Surgery over relatively short period of time.

Robotic surgery represents a leap in surgical innovation where it addresses several limitations of conventional Laparoscopic surgery. Thus, Robotic surgery is a type of Minimal Invasive Surgery using a Robotic platform.

About Surgical Robot -

da Vinci surgical system by Intuitive surgical Inc. is the leader in Robotic market, though various other companies have come up with their own Surgical Robots.

Components of a Surgical Robot -

• Surgeon's console/Master control
• vision cart
• Patient cart

Advantages of Using a Surgical Robot -

• Excellent 3D vision helps in Minimizing Intra Operative complications
• Tremor free, Intuitive movements at the instrument tip gives precision in movements
• 7 degrees rotation at the instrument tip helps in ease of negotiation in deep cavities & difficult spaces
• Ease of Suturing helps in avoiding the use of tackers
• Ease of dissecting between the layers of the abdominal wall in Ventral Hernia Surgery helps in avoiding the use of costly, composite mesh which are exposed to the abdominal organs in conventional Laparoscopic repair.
• Excellent ergonomics for a surgeon reduces  fatigue, thus improves post operative outcome.