Zaragoza (EFE).- The Miguel Servet Hospital in Zaragoza has incorporated Da Vinci into its professional staff, a robot that will perform complex, high-precision surgeries. The robot, in addition to favoring the work of health workers, will improve the quality of life of patients, about a thousand a year. Its cost exceeds 2.3 million euros.
Its greatest advantage is precision in surgery, which leads to a reduction in bleeding, pain, analgesia and hospital stay. Also an improvement in the quality of life compared to interventions with laparoscopy for treatments such as impotence, incontinence or rectal cancer but, nevertheless, at first the procedure takes a little longer until the professionals acquire skill in its use.
Specifications reported to the media by María Jesús Gil and Miguel Ángel Dobón, head of the Urology service and head of General Surgery of the digestive system at the Miguel Servet Hospital, respectively, on the occasion of the visit that the counselor made this Monday of Health, Sira Repollés, to the health center to meet Da Vinci, who will be joined in the third quarter by another two at Royo Villanova and at the Clínico.
Urology, General Surgery, and Gynecology and progressively other specialties such as Thoracic Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology will be the main services that will be supported by Da Vinci in processes such as prostate, pancreas, colon and rectal, lung, ovarian or larynx cancer, but also for the treatment of endometriosis, or morbid obesity, among others, has reported the Government of Aragon.
Expanded vision, 3D navigation, minimum invasion and maximum security
In addition to a more precise surgical dissection, this equipment offers advantages in the magnified and clear vision of the surgical field, with immersive 3D navigation; greater freedom of movement in the surgical field thanks to the computerized robotic arms; minimum invasion and maximum safety, and an improvement in the maneuverability of the elements with which one works and in ergonomics for the toilet.
For Sira Repollés, it is a “milestone” in Health, not only as a device, but also because of the implementation of a new technique.
Parallel to the arrival of the robot, the Department of Health has launched the Robotic Surgery Program in Aragon (CIRA), which will be advised by a commission of experts that includes the heads of services of the main specialties that will use of the robot in the three hospitals of the Aragonese capital and that will be in charge of supervising the correct implantation of the robots in their hospitals, explained Repollés.
After the installation of the first device in the Servetus, for a month and a half different professionals will have to train with simulation tools in handling the Da Vinci robot.
For now, this technology has been located in an area that allows training while continuing daily surgery without interfering in the process.
Work is underway to select the pathologies and patients that will be included in the first phase for this type of surgery. In the field of Urology, it is planned to start the program with radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer in selected cases.