Continental Hospitals performs first-ever NOSE robotic procedure for colorectal cancer

The city-based hospital claimed this first-of-its-kind robotic surgical procedure as a significant milestone in colorectal cancer treatment that offers remarkable benefits for the patients

Hyderabad: Continental Hospitals performed a ground-breaking cancer surgical procedure, a Robotic Anterior Resection with Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction (NOSE), on a 74-year woman patient.

With the help of the SSI Mantra Robotic Surgical Platform, the procedure involved removal of a large tumour from the patient’s colon without any abdominal external incision.

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Continental Hospitals, in a press release, claimed this first-of-its-kind robotic surgical procedure as a significant milestone in colorectal cancer treatment that offers remarkable benefits for the patients.

The procedure was performed by surgical oncologists Dr. Kaushik Rao and Dr. Madhusudhan Reddy. The patient had a history of rectal bleeding and was confirmed to have cancer in the left-sided colon. She had earlier undergone a hysterectomy and also had complaints of hypertension.

Given her age and previous surgical history, Dr. Kaushik opted for an innovative robotic NOSE approach to minimise surgical trauma and enhance recovery. The tumour, after robotic resection, was removed through the vaginal opening, eliminating the need for any abdominal incision.