The concept of 'robot' has always been attractive to people. When robotic surgery is mentioned, the first question that comes to mind is 'Is a robot performing the surgery?' We can easily say 'no' to this question. It is a surgeon who performs the surgery, not a robot. In robotic surgery, the surgeon gives commands to the robot, and the arms on the patient console perform the operation by reflecting all the commands received from the surgeon simultaneously.
The most important difference is that the surgeon sees the surgery area much more clearly and closely from his own eyes, thanks to the capabilities of the robot, in 3D. Because he works while sitting, he gets less tired and can benefit from many similar advantages.
Robotic surgery is a type of minimally invasive surgery. Minimally invasive surgery is performed with special surgical instruments placed through incisions smaller than 1 cm, causing less damage to the surrounding tissues, instead of operating on the patient through a large incision. The robotic surgery system includes a camera arm and mechanical arms to which surgical instruments are attached. The surgeon controls the instruments and camera from a console in the operating room. This console gives the surgeon a high-resolution, magnified and 3-dimensional image of the operating area that cannot be seen with the normal eye. In open surgery, in cases where the surgeon's hand and instruments cannot enter or may harm the environment, the robot works like an artificial hand, transferring the movements of the surgeon's hand on the console to the inside and perfecting the surgery. In Robotic Surgery; The surgeon performs the surgery from the surgeon console next to the patient in the operating room, using arms modeled on the wrist on the patient console.
Da Vinci robotic surgery, which has been actively used in Turkey for about 10 years, is a method applied on the basis of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. There are approximately 4,000 robotic surgery systems in the world and nearly 4 million surgeries have been performed successfully to date. There are 34 Robotic surgery systems in Turkey. It is used extensively in public, private and university hospitals.
What Surgeries Can Be Performed with Robotic Surgery?
All operations that can be performed with laparoscopic surgery, popularly known as closed surgery. Gynecological surgeries can also be performed with a robot
- Hysterectomy (uterus removal)
- Myomectomy
- Endometriosis (chocolate cyst)
- Over (ovarian) surgeries
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse (uterine prolapse)
- Clogged Opening the Tubes
- Gynecological Cancers
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