Apollo Hospitals have launched a unique OncoRobotic Surgery week-long initiative which would commence on World Cancer Day, February 04, 2013. It aims at creating awareness about the advantages of robotic surgery as a better modality of surgical treatment for cancer, as it is more precise, minimal evasive, heals faster and has better clinical outcomes for treatment of cancer.
The hospital also informed that renowned proctors from Korea and California, Dr Krishnansu S Tewari, Professor & Director of Research, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Dr Byung Soh Min, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine and Dr Woong Youn Chung MD, Ph.D., Chief, Endocrine Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University School of medicine will be in Delhi from January 31s to February 13, 2013. In addition to sharing knowledge with their Indian peers, they will conduct workshops, where they will perform OncoRobotic surgeries on 20 selected patients in Delhi between February 6-9 in gynaecology; February 9-12 in urology and February 9-12 in colorectal surgery.
Speaking on this initiative, Dr Arun Prasad, Sr Consultant, General Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi said, “The computer-enhanced technology and robotic precision ensure a level of surgical precision never before possible. The use of robotics is changing medicine dramatically. As the technology continues to advance, patients experience the benefits of robotic surgery and the demand for robotic procedures continues to increase. Apollo Hospitals is taking a major step to bring the benefits of this technology to cancer patients in India.”
He further added, “Compared with traditional open surgery and standard laparoscopic surgery, patients treated with robotic cancer surgery benefit from more precise and accurate surgery of the concerned region in addition to decreased blood loss. This leads to less pain, fewer complications, shorter hospital stay and faster recovery. As with other minimally-invasive procedures, robotic cancer surgery requires only small incisions, which minimizes trauma to tissues. Unlike standard laparoscopic techniques, robotic cancer surgery uses customized instruments that are held by a robotic arm and controlled by a trained surgeon at a nearby console. The robotic arm allows for a greater range of motion than a human wrist, offering the surgeon improved dexterity and control, while high-definition images enhance visualization of the surgical field. The greater precision and manoeuvrability allow the surgeon to perform complex robotic cancer surgery procedures in areas that may be beyond the reach of traditional or standard laparoscopic surgery.”
Apollo Hospitals have conducted over 200 robotic surgeries in different specialities and for various disease conditions. The four armed surgical robotic system is a breakthrough in surgical capabilities especially in the areas of uro-oncology, gynae-oncology, gastro-oncology and head and neck – oncology where precision matters most, claims the hospital.
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals now possesses the state-of-the-art da Vinci Si Surgical System – an effective, least invasive surgical treatment. Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals has successfully conducted numerous robot-assisted surgeries, which include thymectomy, fundoplication, weight loss surgery, thoracoscopic surgery, hysterectomy, myomectomy, and radical prostatectomy, among others.
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