Robotic surgery is a sophisticated and advanced form of minimally invasive surgery that renders an innovative and improved alternative to traditional laparoscopy surgery and open surgery. Undoubtedly, it permits surgeons to perform complicated surgical maneuvering in a controlled, precise and efficient manner. It is usually accompanied with a minimally invasive procedure that is performed through tiny incisions. 

 

The robotic surgical system consists of a camera arm as well as mechanical arms with surgical instruments attached to it. The surgeon operates using a console. It facilitates the surgeon with a high-definition, magnified, 3-D view of the operated area. 

 

According to Dr. Ganesh Sonawane, an eminent and senior consultant - Urology & Robotic Surgery, the robotic instrument utilized during the robotic surgery treatment in Navi Mumbai is exceedingly known for imparting greater dexterity and range of motion as compared to human hands using traditional laparoscopy or minimally invasive surgery. To further add to its benefits, it allows surgeons to operate or perform surgery on parts of the body that is hard-to-reach. It also facilitates them to get closer looks at hard-to-see places of the operated area. Dr. Ganesh Sonawane, being a senior urologist, involved in many robotic surgeries for removing parts of the kidney, prostate and tumors urinary tract system.

 

The robotic devices are also extensively used in minimally invasive surgeries these days. It comprises small incision to perform the surgery. As a result, the patient receives less pain, lesser blood loss, fast recovery and shorter hospital stay. The benefits of robotic surgery treatment include the following. 

 

 

    • Fewer chances of complications

    • Smaller incisions 

    • Less pain and blood loss

    • Faster recovery from the surgery

    • Minimum or smaller scars

    • Faster return to normal activity

 

 

    • Improve visualization of the operated area

    • Higher and enhanced dexterity 

    • Greater precision during surgery

    • Access to hard to reach area or places

 

 

Robotic surgery treatment in Navi Mumbai is widely used during urological procedures. The procedure may include as such below:

 

Partial and Total Nephrectomy: Whether it is partial or total nephrectomy, robotic-assisted (Da Vinci surgical system) is considered to be better than open or traditional surgery. The robotic-assisted nephrectomy surgery requires small incisions to perform the whole surgery and facilitate faster recovery with lesser blood loss as compared to open surgery looks directly to the surgical area and removes or detaches parts or the whole kidney by utilizing hand-held tools. 

 

Prostatectomy: The robotic surgery involves in prostatectomy. It removes the prostate gland, nearby tissue and if needed lymph nodes that will be tested in the laboratory to see if cancer has permeated beyond the prostate gland. With the help of robotic-assisted surgery, the treatment is done by making a few small or a single small incision. 

 

Radical Cystectomy: This surgery is performed to remove the entire urinary bladder which includes the removal of the prostate and seminal vesicles. If the surgery is performed on women, it involves the removal of ovaries, uterus and part of the vagina. 

 

Performing the robotic-assisted surgery to remove the bladder is also known as a robotic cystectomy. This is minimally invasive surgery in which the surgeon sits on a console and remotely operates with the help of surgical tools.

 

Cyst removal: Minimally invasive approach of robotic surgery for cyst removal is an ideal and relatively simple procedure. The surgeon makes small incisions to perform this surgery. The robot's camera and three instrument arms are inserted through the incisions. The cyst is detached and removed and sent in the lab for evaluation. The patient receives less pain and speedy recovery post robotic surgery cyst removal.

 

Pyeloplasty (reconstruction of the renal pelvis through surgery): The robotic pyeloplasty is a minimally invasive treatment that is conducted to eliminate blockage transpiring where the kidney meets the ureter. After making a few incisions in the abdomen, the surgeon uses the robotic instrument to dissect the affected kidney and then remove the obstruction. It is then surgically reconstructed to repair the damage transpire to the ureter and kidney. Dr. Ganesh Sonawane can be consulted for this procedure.

 

 

Ureteral Implantation (surgery to fix tubes that connect the bladder to kidney): The robotic surgery treatment in Navi Mumbai for ureteral implantation comprises highly delicate and dissection and suturing techniques. The surgeon cuts the ureter above the blockage and after that, he re-implants the obstructed part of the ureter into the bladder by making a new hole in the bladder. Then the end of the ureter is sutured.