Showing posts with label minimally invasive robotic surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minimally invasive robotic surgery. Show all posts
Friday, 21 March 2014
Thursday, 29 August 2013
A New Cooling Technique for Kidney Stone Removal by the Vattikuti Urology Institute!
Urologists at the Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) at Henry Ford devised an unconventional technique to remove a staghorn calculi, or a large kidney stone with sharp, craggy branches, which can lead to disease or death if left untreated. The technique is called Robotic Anatrophic Nephrolithotomy or RANL, for short and is combined with a cooling procedure, referred to as ICE.
While using this procedure to remove staghorn kidney stones is a first, doctors from Henry Ford and the Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH) in Gujarat, India have used RANL on 3 patients without any complications. Researchers at the VUI and MPUH explain that the new procedure is “a safe, minimally invasive option that may be considered in patients with staghorn stones.”
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Monday, 19 August 2013
News: A Robotic Phlebotomist in Action!
The Veebot system claims to be as accurate as a human phlebotomist when it comes to drawing blood! Check out this video to see how it works:
Visit our news section to learn more about Veebot and other advancements in robotics and healthcare!
Thursday, 6 December 2012
New technology allows for quicker recovery time for hysterectomy patients
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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