Robotic surgeries gaining acceptance among patients, surgeons in India

Fewer blood transfusion, reduced risk of infection, and shorter stay in hospital

Robotic assisted surgeries (RAS) seem to be gaining some acceptance among surgeons and patients in India. While it offers to help doctors perform complex operations with ease, it reduces the size of surgical incisions, minimises blood loss, cuts pain and shortens patient's post-procedure recovery time, claim surgical robotic systems manufacturers and surgeons who conduct operations on these machines. In addition, it facilitates better visualisation (of the body part under surgery), enhanced dexterity and greater precision and thereby delivers better clinical outcomes especially for patients who are undergoing procedures for oncology, thyroid, liver, gynecologic cancers (cervical, uterine, ovarian, vaginal and vulvar) and urology, according to medical professionals.