SGPGIMS achieves a new land mark of over 500 successful robotic surgeries.
SGPGIMS is the first government center to have performed kidney transplantation robotically.
Lucknow: Whenever we talk about Surgery, picture of a Surgeon appears in front of us but at present the picture is entirely changed and nowadays the surgeon is assisted by the robot in robotic surgery. SGPGIMS has now crossed the target of 500 successful surgeries which is a big achievement for this institution. The robotic surgical facility is shared among various departments like Urology Gastrointestinal surgery. Cardiovascular and Endocrine surgery. The maximum cases have been performed by department of Urology and Renal Transplantation that amounts to nearly 65% of total, including Pediatric Urology and even Kidney Transplantation.
SGPGIMS is the first government center to have performed kidney transplantation robotically.
The surgeries performed for various diseases include are as follows:
Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation:
Prostate cancer (Radical Prostatectomy), kidney cancer (Radical & Partial Nephrectomy), blockage of kidneys (Pyeloplasty) and ureters (reimplantation), small capacity urinary bladder (Augmentation cystoplasty), neurogenic bladder (Mitrofanoff). Disorder of Sex development and kidney transplantation.
Department Surgical Gastroenterology:
Esophageal cancer surgery (Robotic thoracoscopic esophagectomy). Biliary surgery (Hepaticojejunostomy for Biliary stricture, choledochal cyst. Hepatico-lithiasis, CBD stone), Pancreatic surgery for pancreatic tumours (Speen preserving Distal pancreatectomy). Colo-Rectal cancer surgery (Anterior resection, Abdomino-perineal resection, Hemicolectomy), Esophageal non-cancer surgery (Tracheo-esophageal fistula, Leiomyoma, Denture impaction, GIST)
Department of Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery:
The department started performing robotic surgery from January 2021. There was a period disruption due to second wave of Covid infection. Since then the department performed 46 procedures. Most of these are robotic assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (RACAB). This is a highly specialized operation for coronary artery disease, which is performed through holes and a small 2 inches incision. The department has performed 38 such procedures till now and most of them have been multivessel disease. Other procedures are thoracic procedures that includes excision of tumours, lung cyst and resection. Lobectomy (removal of a portion of lung), a complex operation, has been performed in the department too.
About robotic surgery:-
Robotic surgery, which is also called robot-assisted surgery, allows surgeons to perform many types of complex surgeries with more precision. flexibility and control that is possible with conventional techniques like laparoscopy or even open surgery.
The robotic surgical system includes a camera arm and 3 to 4 mechanical arms with surgical instruments attached to them. The surgeon controls the arms while seated at a computer console near the operating table. The console gives the surgeon a high-definition, magnified, 3-dimensional (3D) view of the surgical site. The surgeon leads other team members who assist during the operation.
Advantages of Robotic surgeries:-
Robotic surgery is in real sense is a minimally invasive surgery that needs tiny incisions That leaves fine scars those are hardly noticeable (looks cosmetically appealing)
⚫ Less pain and blood loss
⚫ Shorter hospital stays, quicker recovery and early return to routine work
Cost of robotic surgery at SGPGIMS:-
The Government of Uttar Pradesh has brought the Robotic surgery to the people of the state by investing in this state-of-the-art Robotic system for SGPGIMS. Robotic surgery is being offered at SGPGIMS at a fraction of the cost of corporate hospitals in private sector.
Prof. R K Dhiman, Director, SGPGI has congratulated the entire team of five departments for achieving the milestone of successfully performing over 500 robotic surgeries.
He said that the program has taken off very well and now, we are in a position to enhance this facility and procure the second robotic system to accommodate more and more deserving patients of the state.
