Dr. Pawan Vasudev, head of Unit-2 of Urology Department of Safdarjung Hospital and transplant surgeon, said that the kidney of a 17-year-old boy has been transplanted. His 41-year-old mother donated the kidney. Robot came to the hospital for the treatment of cancer, but gradually the expertise of other departments is increasing. When we thought we were ready for a robot transplant, we used it. Surgery was performed on 8 July. We used a robot to remove a kidney from the body of a kidney donor woman.
Just 2-3 cm incision instead of 20 cm
Doctor Pawan told that usually a 20 cm incision has to be made to remove the kidney. But 4 holes were made to remove the kidney from the robot and 2 to 3 cm incision had to be made to remove the kidney. The total incision was reduced by more than 90%. By making the incision smaller, blood loss was also reduced by 95%. The patient’s recovery was therefore fast. The donor was cured on the second day itself and his pain was reduced by 95%. He said that robots are used in kidney transplants all over the world to remove kidney from donor’s body. Currently, there is not enough data on the use of robots for kidney transplant in recipients.
Doctor Pawan also told that usually there is only one robot in a center. If a robot is being used to remove a kidney, then it cannot be used immediately, because the robot is embedded in the donor’s body. As long as the surgery will be done by removing it, cleaning it and putting it in the recipient, in that time the kidney is opened and implanted in the patient. The sooner it is applied, the better the benefits and recovery.
The risk of injury is reduced
He said that since the robot has its own specialty, vision is better, the incisor is accurate, that is why when the kidney is removed from it, the risk of kidney injury is greatly reduced. Due to this, when a good and non-damaged kidney is put in a sick patient, then it starts working better and faster in the patient. This was the reason that the 17-year-old patient stood up in the evening after the surgery on the very first day. On the second day he started walking and on the fourth day his kidney started working. He said that if needed, the use of robots in the recipient will also be considered.
He said that the team of Urology and Nephrology has done this together. Well, kidney transplant is free in the hospital. In private, if the surgery is done with the help of robot, then on average it costs up to Rs 10 lakh, which was done for free in Safdarjung. Not only this, medicine is also provided free of cost to the patient till a certain time.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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