Dr. Thomas Payne, Director of Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery and Vattikuti Network Surgeon, discusses the benefits of using minimally invasive robotic surgery.
The article features a patient who has a robotic hysterectomy. She is used to hearing and has had friends who have been recupertaing for 6 weeks after a hysterectomy; however, she was back to work after a few days, jogging after two weeks, and playing on her soccer team just a week later.
As Dr. Payne says, "If you are going to have a minimally invasive surgery you would want the one that's most minimalistic...so if you can move from four or three incisions down to one or two, then that would be beneficial to you as far as recovery and pain and getting back to your normal life afterwards."
Robotic surgery can involve up to 4 ports, or incisions, into the body. One is for the camera and up to three can be used for instruments for surgery. Dr. Payne and the doctors at the Texas Institute for Robotic Sugery have developed a technique that only requires two ports, one for the camera and one more for the instrument. They are capable of doing this because the instruments now are capable of much more than they used to be in the past.
For the full article, visit http://www.kvue.com/news/New-technology-allows-for-quicker-recovery-time-for-hysterectomy-patients-180230751.html.
The article features a patient who has a robotic hysterectomy. She is used to hearing and has had friends who have been recupertaing for 6 weeks after a hysterectomy; however, she was back to work after a few days, jogging after two weeks, and playing on her soccer team just a week later.
As Dr. Payne says, "If you are going to have a minimally invasive surgery you would want the one that's most minimalistic...so if you can move from four or three incisions down to one or two, then that would be beneficial to you as far as recovery and pain and getting back to your normal life afterwards."
Robotic surgery can involve up to 4 ports, or incisions, into the body. One is for the camera and up to three can be used for instruments for surgery. Dr. Payne and the doctors at the Texas Institute for Robotic Sugery have developed a technique that only requires two ports, one for the camera and one more for the instrument. They are capable of doing this because the instruments now are capable of much more than they used to be in the past.
For the full article, visit http://www.kvue.com/news/New-technology-allows-for-quicker-recovery-time-for-hysterectomy-patients-180230751.html.
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