Benefits to Patients
Robotic surgery requires tiny incisions; therefore, the selected patients can benefit from minimal scarring, less surgical trauma, and faster recovery times than with traditional open surgery.
Mentioned below are some of the significant benefits people get by having robotic surgery.
Various Benefits of Robotic Surgery to the Patients
- Highly Precise
- Much less blood loss
- Much Less pain after Surgery
- Much Lower incidence of post-op pneumonia
- Quicker healing time
- Reduced duration of hospital Stay
- Reduced use of pain medication
- Return to Work within a week or 2 after the surgery.
- Small incisions
- No rib fractures during surgery
- Better cosmetic results
Robotic surgery enables patients to receive sophisticated treatments with less downtime. Only specially trained surgeons are allowed to use robotic technology to operate through small incisions. Robotic surgery can treat conditions affecting the heart, digestive system, bladder, prostate and more of an individual.
Dr Shashikiran N J
MBBS, MS, MCh
Lead Consultant Minimally Invasive Thoracic surgery
Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad
