What Is Robotic Surgery?

The robotic surgery system is a complex that integrates a number of modern high-tech methods. It has a wide range of uses and has a large number of clinical applications in surgery. The surgeon can operate the machine away from the operating table, which is completely different from the traditional surgical concept. It is a well-deserved revolutionary surgical tool in the world of minimally invasive surgery.

The DaVinci robotic surgical system consists of a console and an operating arm. Adopting the most advanced master-slave long-distance operation mode, the flexible "inner wrist" can eliminate the trembling of the doctor's hand, and the unique three-dimensional stereo imaging system can enlarge the surgical field of view 15 times during the operation, which greatly improves the accuracy of the operation. And smoothness.

Robot surgery first operation

On April 4, 2014, the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University launched the first domestically-made surgical robotic gastric perforation repair and appendectomy in China ^[4] .

Robotic surgery was successful

A 44-year-old patient, Yang Min (pseudonym), suffered from epigastric pain with nausea and vomiting. On March 26, she came to the Third Xiangya Hospital for emergency treatment and was admitted with a diagnosis of gastric perforation and diffuse peritonitis. On the same day, he underwent "laparoscopic exploration + surgical robot-assisted gastric perforation repair" under general anesthesia. The operation went smoothly and the patient recovered well. Afterwards, two patients underwent robotic appendectomy at the hospital, and both patients recovered well after surgery ^[5] .

Robotic surgery research and development unit

Tianjin University, Central South University, etc.

Robot surgery use range

The robot is equipped with a doctor's operating table and a robot trolley. The minimally invasive instruments have 3-4 degrees of freedom, and the end has various forms. The surgical instruments can be quickly installed and evacuated by the instruments at the end of the instrument operating arm.