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Global surgeons hold robotic surgery conclave in India

Experts from three countries meet to further this cutting-edge field in medicine.

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Some of the world’s leading experts in the field of robotic surgery will be conducting a series of master classes in Mumbai (Tata Memorial Hospital), Chennai (Apollo Hospital) and Gurgaon (Medanta Medcity) after the Robotic Surgeons Council (RSC) meeting on 12 - 13 November 2016.

An initiative of the Vattikuti Foundation, a US nonprofit, the RSC meet is to be held at Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, and is expected to bring together 200 robotic surgeons who will share practices and findings on advancements in robotic surgery.

Robotic surgery goes a step ahead of traditional minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery in removing life-threatening cancerous cells while saving the healthy surrounding tissue. Reportedly, over 500 robotic surgeries are conducted in India every month, ranging from removal of cancerous tissues to reconstruction of organs damaged by tumors as well as the removal of organs such as the kidney, liver, pancreas, thyroid, prostate, and uterus. A surgical robot also scores over conventional modes of surgery as it leads to minimal blood loss, quick healing and lesser post-op pain, leading to shorter hospital stays.

Each surgical robot has four arms that can reach organs and areas inside the body where human fingers cannot. Entering the soft tissue of the patient through pencil-sized holes, the arms of a surgical robot are even capable of precision operation such as on blood vessels and valves within the heart, using a suture that is thinner than a human hair. The surgeon sits at a robotic console and can see a magnified three-dimensional high-definition visualisation during the duration of the procedure.

Instead of long, handheld surgical tools, the surgeon controls tiny surgical instruments that have wrist movement which follow the surgeon’s finger tips, gently moving robotic controls and leading to very precise surgery within their patient.

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