At a glance
Robotic surgery is an advanced type of minimally invasive surgery: it makes the holes even smaller while improving precision and outcomes drastically, and it offers much higher precision, flexibility and control when compared to laparoscopic surgery. Dr Maruthesh Gowda is trained in robotic surgery, offering robotic bariatric (weight loss) and gastro-intestinal cancer surgery. Robotic surgery will be offered once the training he is currently undertaking in England, Italy and Switzerland is complete.
Making Minimally Invasive Surgery even Less Invasive & Precise
Dr Maruthesh Gowda MBBS, MRCS (London), FRCS (London) at Surgeon Gowda's Gastro & Laparoscopic Centre is trained in Robotic surgery offering Robotic Bariatric (Weight loss)& Gastro – Intestinal cancer surgery at Columbia Asia Hospital, Yeshwanthpur.
Advantages of Robotic Surgery
Robotic surgery is a advanced type of minimally invasive surgery. This makes holes even smaller while improving precison & outcomes drastically. Robotic surgery offers much higher precision, flexibility and control when compared to laparoscopic surgery.
Other benefits to patients:
- Even smaller scars hence less pain
- Reduced complications
- Reduced length of stay
- Faster return to normal routiene
- Much quicker recovery compared to other types of surgery
How is Robotic Surgery done?
After patient is anaesthetised 3 or 4 small holes are made in the abdomen to insert robotic vedio and instruments. Once Instruments are in position surgeon operates through computer while having magnified 3D view of the operating field. Instruments can be manipuated in all direction and beyond the movements possible by human hand giving unparalled acess, precision & control.
Robotic Surgery offers significant advances over the laparoscopic surgery in precision & manoeuvrability beyond it is possible for both human hands & Laparoscopic Instruments.
Role of Robotic Surgery
Robotic surgery has huge role for minimally invasive surgery in pelvis (rectal Cancer), Pancreatic Cancer, Stomach cancer & Colon Cnacer.
It llso offers huge benefits for Bariatric (Weight loss) Surgery.
It can be used in routiene cases like Gall bladder stone (Gallstones) Surgery, Hernia Surgery, Acidity surgery and many more.
*Disclaimer*: Dr Maruthesh Gowda is currently undertaking Robotic training in England, Italy & Switzerland. Robotic Surgery will be offered once training is complete.
Questions patients ask
- Is robotic surgery different from keyhole surgery?
- Robotic surgery is an advanced type of minimally invasive surgery that makes the holes even smaller while improving precision and outcomes drastically. The surgeon operates through a computer while having a magnified 3D view of the operating field, and the instruments can be manipulated in all directions, beyond the movements possible by the human hand.
- What are the benefits for patients?
- Even smaller scars and hence less pain, reduced complications, reduced length of stay, faster return to normal routine and much quicker recovery compared to other types of surgery.
- Which conditions can be treated robotically?
- It has a huge role for minimally invasive surgery in the pelvis (rectal cancer), pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer and colon cancer, and it also offers huge benefits for bariatric (weight loss) surgery. It can be used in routine cases like gallbladder stone (gallstones) surgery, hernia surgery and acidity surgery.
- When will robotic surgery be offered here?
- Dr Maruthesh Gowda is currently undertaking robotic training in England, Italy and Switzerland; robotic surgery will be offered once training is complete.