Robotic surgery is the newest addtion to the surgical armamentarium. here the operating surgeon makes use of a mechanical robot with four movable arms to operate on patients. Robot holds a telescope inserted into the human body through a small hole and moves it around on instrucctions from the surgeon who manipulates the robot from a distance looking into a 3D view console with excellent vision and zooming facility. Four other robotic arms wield different types of instruments used for that particular surgery. Surgeon moves these arm by manipulating ceratin pulleys with his hands sitting comfortably.Robotic surgery provides the surgeon as well as the patient maximum comfort and ergonomics. Because of high level of precision, error rates are extremely negligible. Robotic surgery is being extensively used in surgery of the prostate, uterus, rectum, esophagus etc.. with excellent results and drastically reduced hospital stay for the patient. India has about 12- 15 robots at the moment and the numbers are likely to multiply rapidly in the coming months
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Thanks and I do agree that safety and availability should be the top priority.HOPE or HYPE? only time will decide. For any technology to be grafted in a country, it has to take into account its unique socioeconomic conditions and also how the health services are structured.So is robotic assisted surgery a new surgical miracle out to change the way surgery is practiced or is it one of the countless "Me Too" technologies that CAME, was SEEN but never could CONQUER? Only time will answer this question.Let us all put wisdom before knowledge and wait for more time to see its real benefits once the initial euphoria fades. Regards.
I personally feel that the onus of inculcating safe surgical principles of practice is on the senior surgeons. It has become a habit in India to talk big things in conferences. But one still purposefully turns a blind eye to the gross complications created not only by lap surgeons but even by young open surgeons.Only a select 1-2% of the urban population have access to such treatments. So why spend so much time on this. What needs to be given top priority is the safety and availability of affordable surgical treatments to the masses and not to the elite few.
Dr Ketanvagolkar,you do have a point here but is it not worthwhile and timely to train the senior surgeons who already have all the surgical skills and expertise of both open and lap surgeries? Can't they be exposed to new and advanced technologies in India?
The Indian surgical scenario is a sort of kolaveri d. The number of PG seats in our country are increasing geometrically.Freshly qualified surgeons have very poor experience of open surgery and run after all fancy methods of treatment failing to understand that the salvage for surgical disasters is open surgery. Neither are they experienced with open procedures nor are they well versed with advanced technologies. In a country like India basic surgical skills need to be strenghtened which will help saving many lives rather than running after fancy western technologies which can be within the reach of a select 1-2% of the entire population.
Good to know that Robots are performing surgeries. But i hope I doesnt cost high for the common man.
Do we need the Robots at this stage in our healthcare needs in India - with the Govt. GDP in health sector at less than 2%. It will escalate costs. Corporates will perform unnecessary surgeries to ensure they can meet their costs. All this at what costs and health insurance is unlikely to cover unless this is given at a premium rate in the future perhaps.