Robotic surgery in kidney transplantation
The Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System, developed by NASA to remotely operate on astronauts in space, is being used at Florence Nightingale Hospital Istanbul for kidney transplants.
The robotic surgery system, which was used for the first time in the world in the USA, is rapidly spreading to European countries. Prof. Dr. Barış Akin from the Kidney Transplant Center at Florence Nightingale Hospital Istanbul said that robotic surgery is now also used in kidney transplantation, which is performed safer than the traditional transplant method.
Advantage in precision operations
According to prof. Akin in living donor transplant operations by robotic surgery, people who donate a kidney to their loved ones experience less pain and fewer problems in the post-operative period. Professor Akin points out that In the Da Vinci system, the surgeon moves the robot's arms as he/she moves his/her own hands and thus performs difficult and precise operations.
“It is does not damage the tissues”
Professor Akin says the Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System allows the kidney to be explanted without damaging the tissues. The Da Vinci Robotic Surgery reduces the surgical risks to the donor. It allows the removal of the kidney to be done with smaller incisions and less pain after surgery.