A 60-year-old man underwent a successful robot-aided surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his kidney at a private hospital in Noida, India, said doctors on Wednesday. The hospital released a statement claiming that this was the first robotic-aided surgery conducted in Noida. The patient was suffering from abdominal pain and medical tests revealed that a mass was located in the renal hilum, the medial part of the kidney where all the blood vessels and the urinary tract are located. A team of doctors led by the director of urology and renal transplant at the hospital, Dr Dushyant Nadar, conducted the procedure using advanced robotic-assisted technology in four hours.
According to Dr Nadar, the location of the cancerous mass made regular laparoscopic surgery extremely difficult, so robot-assisted technology was used. Furthermore, robot-assisted surgeries provide a ten-fold magnification of the surgery site, making it easier for doctors to view the area, he said. The surgery was successful, and the patient has recovered completely. Dr Nadar emphasized that if the cancerous mass had not been removed on time, it would have damaged the entire kidney, leading to the removal of the entire organ.
The hospital did not reveal any details about the type of robot used or how much the surgery cost. Nonetheless, this marks another significant milestone for robotic-assisted technology in the medical field.
