Robotic surgery is used with very high success in the field of gynaecology, as in many areas of medicine. The robotic surgery technique, which has been used effectively in our country for the last 10 years, has in recent years been preferred in situations where surgery is required in the treatment of diseases such as chocolate cyst surgery, fibroids, prolapse of the bladder and the uterus, hysterectomy (removal of the uterus), and cancer of the uterus, the cervix or the ovaries.
HOW IS ROBOTIC SURGERY USED IN GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS?
Technically, robotic surgery means that the operation is carried out by means of a robot under the surgeon’s control. It becomes possible to see the area to be operated on from a three-dimensional screen and to perform the operation with very precise robotic arms.
Thanks to robotic surgery, the operation can be carried out by entering the body through a single small incision. Many operations, from the chocolate cyst to the removal of the uterus, can be completed with small incisions. Robotic surgery, which can be used in almost all gynaecological surgical operations, can also readily be chosen in the treatment of gynaecological cancers.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE ROBOTIC SURGERY TECHNIQUE?
If surgery is required in the treatment stage of cancer types seen in women such as cancer of the ovary, the uterus and the cervix, the robotic surgery technique can be chosen. Because the operations known as normal or traditional methods, which the surgeon performs using their hands, provide a two-dimensional field of vision, they can from time to time lead to tissues being missed, especially in the process of clearing cancerous tissue.
With the spread of robotic surgery, this technique is widely chosen for the removal of cancerous tissue. Thanks to the technique, surgeons have the opportunity to observe the area being operated on in far greater detail. The high range of movement provided by the instruments used in the robotic surgery technique makes it possible to reach points the human hand could not work on. After robotic surgery procedures, far fewer complications occur than after operations performed with the open technique. While the time for the patient to get up and return to normal life becomes shorter, the marks remaining after the operation are also of a size that is almost invisible to the eye. There is far less bleeding during the operation, less pain after the operation, and the need for painkillers is also clearly lower.
With these techniques, which make people feel quite comfortable in the period after the operation as well, maximum benefit is obtained with minimum deformation (a good cosmetic result). With the robotic surgery technique, which has been widely used especially over the last 10 years in order to obtain more effective results, it is possible to achieve far more effective results in surgery.