Workshop on uniportal robotic surgery at Apollo Hospitals

Hyderabad: Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad organised a two-day workshop on Uniportal Robotic Surgery, a minimally invasive heart surgery conducted through a small incision in the chest.

The Uniportal Robotic Surgery helps in performing critical and complex cardiothoracic surgeries with efficiency, precision and helps in better outcomes, doctors said. These surgeries being minimally invasive bring down the rate of post-surgical complications, mortality, infections and hospital stay drastically.

A team of CT surgeons at Apollo Hospitals, led by Robotic and Minimal Access Surgeon, Dr Manjunath Bale performed the surgery in collaboration with Dr Diego Gonzalez Rivas, Robotic and Vats Surgeon from Spain.

In Uniportal Robotic Surgery, a single minor incision is made between the ribs to insert the camera and instruments into the patient’s chest, instead of a large incision. The surgeon has a crystal clear, magnified vision of the interior of the patient on a screen and performs the surgery using specialized instruments, Dr Rivas, said.

Leading cardiothoracic surgeons and pulmonologists from across the country participated in the workshop.