Naked-eye 3D, robotic arms, and robotic systems aid in surgery

With the advancement of medical technology, the concept of "minimally invasive" has penetrated into various fields of surgery. It is the key concept that drives the development of modern surgery, meaning "less trauma, less pain, and faster recovery". In recent years, the technology of minimally invasive surgery has developed from general laparoscopic surgery to da Vinci surgical robot system.

The reporter was informed that Xinhua Hospital, in line with the tenet of "benefiting the people and guarding their health", introduced the da Vinci Surgical Robot System at the end of 2020 to provide patients with better quality services. Xinhua urology team actively responded to the call, in the new technology platform. Only in the past August, the department successfully completed 40 da Vinci robotic surgeries, climbing to the top of the domestic da Vinci robotic surgery list.

"kidney cancer with vena cava thrombus", "prostate cancer with preserved sexual nerve", "one-position hemiurethroplasty for severely obese patients", etc. This marks that the Department of Urology of Xinhua Hospital has taken a big step into the new robotic surgery. The Department of Urology at Xinhua Hospital has taken a big step into the new era of robotic surgery.

For example, a 62-year-old male patient from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, who had been seeking treatment for a left kidney tumor, could not make up his mind to undergo surgery because the tumor, although less than 4 cm in diameter, was almost covered by the arteries and veins of the kidney, and it was very easy to damage the renal blood vessels in the process of removing the tumor, thus it was extremely difficult to save the kidney. In order to save the kidney, the patient came to Xinhua Hospital during the epidemic to seek a preferred surgical solution.

Experts told the patient that compared with ordinary laparoscopic surgery, the da Vinci Surgical Robot has a 3D high-definition field of view that can be magnified 10 times, which makes the operation more precise. The system has a 7-degree-of-freedom robotic arm that reproduces and exceeds the range of motion of a human hand, allowing it to maneuver in confined spaces; and the arm filters out tremors, making it more stable than a human hand. During the operation, the experts quickly found the boundary between the tumor and the left renal artery and ureter, accurately resected the tumor and completed the suture of the wound, and the operation process was like a running stream, with a total time of less than 110 minutes, of which, the renal artery was blocked in less than 20 minutes, so as to achieve a greater preservation of the left renal function as much as possible.

It is reported that, considering the unique advantages of da Vinci robotic surgery in the operation process of prostate cancer surgery and partial nephrectomy, in April this year, Shanghai medical insurance has formally included the above two types of surgery into the scope of payment.