2023-07-19 02:00:21
The most popular robotic surgery teams are the Da Vinci, ROSA Knee System and Cyberknife.
They are commonly used for urological, otorhinolaryngological, gynecological disorders and in cardiothoracic surgery.
A team of specialists from the University of Washington School of Medicine achieved the first liver transplant in history with the support of robotic surgery.
Innovation is an important part of Medicine because highly relevant advances are constantly being developed. All part of the use of technology to achieve what a few decades ago seemed impossible. In this sense, robotic surgery has established itself as the next step in interventions. In fact, now for the first time it was the basis for making a Liver transplant.
Until a few years ago, the image of surgeons was that their main work tool was the scalpel. Instead, now it is quite different thanks to the modern equipment used inside the operating rooms.
What is robotic surgery?
Simply put, it is a minimally invasive intervention with procedures performed through small incisions. In addition, it is sometimes used in certain surgical procedures.
He robotic surgical system it usually has a camera arm and mechanical arms and surgical instruments. Although in no case does it work by itself because a surgeon is always needed to control the arms while sitting in front of a computer console. The equipment provides a high-definition magnified three-dimensional view of the surgical site.
Another benefit of robotic surgery is that patients get an immediate recovery. In fact, in many cases the intervention is ambulatory.
Interventions in which robotic surgery is most used
Some of the most used models are the Da Vinci robot, ROSA Knee System and Cyberknife. Although it is used in different types of operations, the most common are those related to urological disorders (in radical prostatectomy, partial nephrectomy, ureteral reimplantation or pyeloplasty) and otorhinolaryngological disorders (in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome surgery, thyroidectomy and transaxillary parathyroidectomy or in the extraction of tumors).
It also works for gynecological disorders (in hysterectomies, in tubal reconstructions, in myomectomies or in uterine tumors); in general surgery (for colon and rectal surgery, bariatric surgery, hepato-bilio-pancreatic surgery and surgeries of the lower third of the esophagus) and in cardiothoracic surgery.
First robotic surgery for a liver transplant in history
For its part, a historical event was revealed today. For the first time, successful robotic surgery was performed to make a Liver transplant. It is worth mentioning that in 2021 a similar one was attempted but in the end it did not materialize.
Instead, this time a team of surgeons from the Washington University School of Medicine achieved this historic fact. The leader of the specialists was Dr. Adeel Khan, who explained what was done.
The patient was a 60-year-old man with a liver destroyed by cancer and hepatitis C. In this case, several 1/2-inch keyhole-shaped incisions and a single 6-inch vertical incision were made with the aid of robotic equipment. centimeters between the abdominal muscles.
The intervention lasted eight hours but was classified as successful. Even the patient’s recovery was immediate and he is already resting in his house. In this way, liver transplantation is another of the beneficiaries of robotic surgery and it is expected that more operations of the same type will be carried out in the future.
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