STAff REPORTER / NEW DELHI
UNION Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicated the robotic surgery facility in the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi.
Robotic surgery has the advantage of providing minimally invasive surgery, reducing significantly the morbidity and mortality of critically ill, cancer and kidney failure patients.
The operating time also decreases resulting in improvement in the turnover of patients and decrease in the waiting list of patients for surgery significantly.
Already 25 surgeries have been done using a robotic system including prostate, kidney, bladder cancers and advanced reconstructive surgeries. A National Robotic training centre has also been set up for the training of young doctors.
The robotic system provides 7 degrees of freedom, 3-D vision, 10 times magnification and better dissection with more precision. This will enable doing even complex difficult cases using minimally invasive surgery technique like renal transplant.