Assoc. Prof. Dr. Taner Usta, specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology, told us all the unknowns about the benefits of robotic surgery. Robot-assisted operations are performed in many departments, first and foremost gynaecology, cardiac surgery, urology, general surgery and ear, nose and throat.
Today, 75% of the operations performed with robotic surgery are carried out in the fields of urology and gynaecology. Robot-assisted operations are accepted as a more technological version of standard laparoscopy, and with the improvement of the limited aspects of this method they provide more advantages both for the patient and for the surgeon.
THE ADVANTAGES THAT COME WITH ROBOTIC SURGERY
Because robotic surgery is a more advanced version of the laparoscopic method, it takes the advantages that laparoscopy has over open surgical procedures one step further. It also has significant advantages of its own over laparoscopy. Robot-assisted operations play an important part in improving the operative process for both the patient and the surgeon. The surgeon carries out the operation seated comfortably at the console of the device. This also increases the chance of concentration.
In addition, the three-dimensional image offered by robotic surgery, the zoom options and the ability to perform more precise procedures also increase the chance of the operation being successful. Along with this method, it also opens the way for doctors who are not present in the operating area to follow the situation and give advice.
The fact that the operation has been performed through a small incision minimises the risk of infection and also means that the scar after the operation is very small and reaches a level over time at which it cannot be seen with the eye. Again, with the robot there is less pain and less use of painkillers after the operation. In this way the patient’s operative process is at the same time shortened and the return to their social life also takes place more quickly.
DURING AND AFTER THE OPERATION
With the innovations brought by robot-assisted operations, significant improvements have been achieved both during and after the operation. Thanks to robotic surgery, little bleeding occurs during the operation and, as a result of this, less blood transfusion is needed in the patient.
Because the four-armed robot does not tremble like the human hand and can move far more precisely, the damage caused during the operation to the surrounding tissues around the surgical area is also reduced to a minimum.