2023-10-03 01:00:20
The High Specialty Medical Unit (UMAE) Oncology Hospital of the National Medical Center (CMN) Siglo XXI of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) has the modern Da Vinci robot. It is an advanced technological equipment that allows minimally invasive surgeries to be performed with lower morbidity and mortality. It also takes advantage of the experience of the specialist doctor by allowing him to maintain his skill to obtain the best health results for patients.
The doctor who made history
The director of the Oncology Hospital, Dr. Rafael Medrano Guzmánwas the first Social Security doctor to perform surgery assisted by the Da Vinci robotic platform last October 11, 2022. It consisted of the removal of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor and the results were successful because this technology provides precision, safety and effectiveness in the procedures.
He explained that this UMAE, in addition to having the most advanced technology to address cancer problems, is in the process of transitioning from laparoscopic surgery, which is minimally invasive and has its specific place because many of the open interventions can move to this area of minimal invasion and that we have also made progress in these results.
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The surgeon stated that through Da Vinci robotthe specialists at the UMAE Oncology Hospital of the CMN Siglo XXI can operate on tumors of the digestive tract, esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, pancreas, colon and rectum.
He added that the Gynecology-Oncology area can operate on problems of the uterus and ovaries, and there is also an opportunity for Uro-Oncology care: prostate, kidney, bladder.
“We may also have an incredible area of opportunity to operate on lung tumors, mediastinum tumors, and pleura tumors, also assisted by robots. But it doesn’t stop there, we can currently also operate on complex head and neck surgery, on the base of the tongue, on the larynx, on the pharynx, on the cervical esophagus, and we are in that process of evolution and, as you can see, there is no limit to what which is robotic surgery applied correctly.”
He specified that some of the advantages that arise with the use of this technology are: a third-dimensional dimension that allows seeing the angles of the structures to be operated on, hemorrhages are reduced, a system with a fluoroscope that injects a contrast medium and allows locate areas to be treated without injuring structures, among others.
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Medrano Guzmán pointed out that having an advanced minimally invasive tool, assisted by a robotic surgery team, has advantages that will determine the evolution of a patient and allow help in carrying out complex procedures, but above all “addressing problems even of a social context that cannot be touched without this technology.”
He recalled that this IMSS hospital created the first committee to evaluate the surgical management of patients with religious beliefs that condition medical procedures, such as surgical blood transfusion, where through a collegiate body advice was provided to care for a 65-year-old patient. of age, who underwent surgery to remove a pancreatic tumor on December 19, 2022 and only had a hemorrhage of 100 milliliters.
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The medical director of the Oncology Hospital stressed that many procedures can be performed through robotic surgery; However, “it is not the final solution, it is part of a weapon that this hospital has to increase this efficiency-effectiveness that we already have in the widely known processes and that many of us have worked here for more than 30 years, since which is open surgery, laparoscopic surgery and now what is robotic surgery.”
As part of the evolution of the IMSS surgery, Mrs. Martha Francisca, 68 years old, underwent removal of a pancreatic tumor on December 19, 2022, a condition that began with pain and after being diagnosed at the Oncology Hospital. of the CMN Siglo XXI in the sarcoma department, was scheduled for intervention with the Da Vinci surgical platform.
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