The pediatric urologic procedure at the Children’s National Medical Center has been complemented with robotic surgery, which serves to be a minimally invasive option.
International pediatric robotic surgery expert Craig Peters, MD, uses the da Vinci Surgical system for a variety of urologic surgeries
Directed by international robotic surgery expert Craig Peters, MD, and with support from expertise surgical staff, the team at the Medical Center employs the da Vinci Surgical System to supplement the common urologic surgical procedures with minimally invasive surgical option.
Children’s National is the only centre in the entire region to employ a surgical robotic system exclusively in pediatric procedures. The application of surgical robotic system in pediatrics has so far been achieved only in pediatric urology, although this innovative procedure serves a wide range of adult treatments such as prostate surgery.
The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, along with Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care brought significant developments to Children’s National such as achieving partnership with Dr. Peters and introducing the da Vinci Surgical System to the center, besides offering several clinical and research efforts in developing minimally invasive pediatric surgical procedures with high precision. The team will initially perform pediatric urologic procedures; analyze its precision followed by further upgrades to advance other general surgery procedures.
Children’s National will provide an additional robot for training and research, besides introducing the clinical robotic system. This additional robot will be kept at the Sheikh Zayed Institute’s bioengineering laboratory. As this robot is designed for research, it enables engineers and doctors to construct new tools to upgrade the efficiency of surgical system for its effective application in other areas of the body.