The North-east's urological cancer charity (UCAN) is planning to raise funds worth £2.5million by launching the ‘Transform Today’s Surgery with Tomorrow’s Technology’ campaign to introduce advanced technologies for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS).
RobotTheatre
The funds will be utilized to construct a theatre suite at ARI that will feature two in-built operating theatres capable of carrying out robotic-assisted surgeries. The human surgeon can vary a few parameters such as patient’s position, lighting, and temperature in these theatres.
Robots, regarded as the future tool for performing medical surgeries, can perform high accuracy surgeries in more number of patients, hence considerably reducing operating time. Unlike traditional open surgery, keyhole surgery or Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), offers a host of benefits such as enhanced cosmetic results, reduction in blood loss, minimal pain, and quicker recovery.
The surgeon operates the robot remotely. The surgeon is able to view a magnified three-dimensional HD video of the operation on a monitor. The robot allows very delicate and complex procedures to be carried out with relative ease while still allowing minimally invasive techniques to be used.