Jaipur: The urology department of SMS Medical College has started using robotic assistance in surgeries for the first time. The department has performed four robotic-assisted surgeries in the last two days.
In the first case, a kidney of a 55-year-old woman was removed as it was not working properly. In second case, the doctors removed a part of a kidney of a 45-year-old man while performing heminephrectomy on him. On Saturday, two more surgeries were performed on a 25-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman for removal of kidneys as they were not working properly. While the 25-year-old man’s kidney was damaged due to kidney stones, the 17-year-old had congenital kidney disorder, said doctors.
“We have started using robotic-assisted surgeries, which help us perform the surgery with more precision and ensure the patient does not to have to stay in the hospital for long after the surgery,” said Shivam Priyadarshi, the head of the department of urology and convenor of robotic system procurement committee at SMS Hospital.
The surgeons performing robotic-assisted surgeries at the hospital have been trained in Kochi. They said robotic-assisted surgeries have advantages over laparoscopic surgeries as the former allows doctors to reach out to areas which used to be difficult to reach earlier. Robotic-assisted surgeries allow a clearer view of organs as the arm of the robotic system can be rotated 360 degrees, something that was unavailable in laparoscopic surgery. SMS Medical College recently procured two robotic systems—one for general surgery and the other for the urology department—at a cost of Rs 25 crore each.
In the first case, a kidney of a 55-year-old woman was removed as it was not working properly. In second case, the doctors removed a part of a kidney of a 45-year-old man while performing heminephrectomy on him. On Saturday, two more surgeries were performed on a 25-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman for removal of kidneys as they were not working properly. While the 25-year-old man’s kidney was damaged due to kidney stones, the 17-year-old had congenital kidney disorder, said doctors.
“We have started using robotic-assisted surgeries, which help us perform the surgery with more precision and ensure the patient does not to have to stay in the hospital for long after the surgery,” said Shivam Priyadarshi, the head of the department of urology and convenor of robotic system procurement committee at SMS Hospital.
The surgeons performing robotic-assisted surgeries at the hospital have been trained in Kochi. They said robotic-assisted surgeries have advantages over laparoscopic surgeries as the former allows doctors to reach out to areas which used to be difficult to reach earlier. Robotic-assisted surgeries allow a clearer view of organs as the arm of the robotic system can be rotated 360 degrees, something that was unavailable in laparoscopic surgery. SMS Medical College recently procured two robotic systems—one for general surgery and the other for the urology department—at a cost of Rs 25 crore each.
