Robotic Surgery in Urology: Benefits Over Traditional Surgery
What is Robotic Urological Surgery?
Robotic surgery is a highly advanced robot-assisted surgery used in various specialities; among them, urology is one. It allows the urologist to perform procedures with enhanced control and precision.
The operating uro-surgeon is able to reach even distant and critical spaces with small incision. The innovation also allows accurate motions and increased magnification. Following are the main parts of the robotic instrument:
- Surgical arms offering several degrees freedom of movement, it comes with small tools and wrists
- Specialised lens to provide a magnified 3D image
- Surgical console, which is a dashboard-like structure to direct movements of the device and camera
How Does Robotic Surgery work?
The urosurgeon will first make one or more tiny cuts as required by the procedure and then insert a thin tube-like device through the incisions. The robot is hooked to the instruments being inserted inside to operate. An endoscope (a long, flexible camera) is inserted inside one of the holes and through other openings a surgical instrument controlled by robotic arm is inserted. The urosurgeon controls the robotic arm while sitting at the dashboard away from the patient.
Advantages of Robotic Surgery over traditional surgical procedure:
Robotic surgery is extensively used across the world in today’s time as it has many advantages to offer, both, to the urologist and to the patient undergoing the surgery.
Advantages of robotic surgery over traditional surgical procedure to the patients:
- Lower risk of infection since human intervention inside the body is via a robotic arm
- Reduced pain due to greater precision and smaller incisions
- Reduced loss of blood
- Shorter stays at hospital since the surgery takes less time and recovery is relatively faster too
- Smaller scars due to smaller incisions
- Quicker recovery time
- Less fatigue as compared to traditional surgery
- Better clinical outcomes
As for the urosurgeon, robotic surgery provides greater precision with robotic arm movements, better visualization in a 3D space and ability to do surgery in limited spaces inside the body. Overall, robotic surgery allows for improved ergonomics while operating on patients.
Robotic surgery is not just a technological marvel but it’s a safer alternative, a shift towards smarter and more patient-friendly care. It is minimally invasive in nature as compared to the traditional surgical procedure. It operates with smaller incisions on patients, hence there is minimal scarring and overall provides greater precision during surgery.
With robotic surgeries, advanced medical care has come into picture and patients and surgeons are moving towards this alternative for overall pre, during and post-operative comfort. It is to be noted, however, that robotic technology is used by a properly trained surgeon and they are always assisted by people for quicker and more efficient change and moving around of robotic tools.
Best Hospital/Doctor for Robotic Urological Surgeries:
Yashoda Superspeciality Hospital & Cancer Institutes, Sanjay Nagar, Ghaziabad, is well-equipped with high-tech innovations such as robotic tools to enable robotic surgery. Our network has some of the best urologists in the state to treat patients with urological conditions.
Dr. Pradeep Prakash is one of the finest urologists and uro-oncologist with more than 16 years of experience in the field of urology. He specialises in performing various surgeries such as nephrectomy (kidney removal), kidney reconstruction surgery, kidney or ureteral stone removal, etc. with great precision and care.
Dr. Vikas Bansal is a highly skilled and dedicated urologist with a strong academic background and extensive surgical expertise across various subspecialties of urology. He also has advanced experience in male infertility management, performing procedures like testicular biopsy, vasovasal and vaso-epididymal anastomosis, and varicocelectomy.
Dr. Anuj Jain is a highly trained Consultant Urologist and Andrologist with extensive experience in managing a wide spectrum of urinary and male reproductive health conditions.
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