2023-08-23 16:50:56
From now on, would it be robots that would operate on patients in Casamance? Not at all, these machines created by NASA are there to facilitate the work of surgeons and represent a real advance in medical technology.
The West Aubagnais private clinic has been using this tool divided into three units (patient trolley, surgeon’s console and imaging trolley) since 2017 in all surgical specialties. Recently, it acquired the latest American robot Da Vinci X, for an amount of one million euros, thus bringing the assisted operations to 600 for five years. As Nicolas Plaisant, visceral and digestive surgeon, explains, “these devices facilitate complex operations and improve certain applications“. In the early days of surgery, when a patient had to be operated on, “we literally opened it in two (laparotomy)”. The abdomen was then opened either horizontally or vertically.
Robots mainly used in oncology and bariatric surgery
With the progress of science, this technique was replaced by a less invasive surgery such as laparoscopy in the 1980s.It allows access to the abdomen through small incisions in order to diagnose or treat certain diseases, in particular gynecological or digestive“, specifies the doctor. As for the first assistant robots, they appeared in the years 1995 in the United States. “Initially considered as niche equipment, their use has become more democratic and we were able to acquire some a few years ago.“, launches Nicolas Plaisant, satisfied.
The Da Vinci X is mainly used in oncology and bariatric surgery – which treats obesity by reducing the feeling of satiety – by having recourse for example to the installation of a gastric band. “This tool allows us to gain precision because, unlike humans, the machine is not constrained in its movements and positions.“, emphasizes the specialist. Sitting at the console, eyes pressed against the integrated glasses, the surgeons manipulate the articulated arms of the machine which looks like a giant octopus. “So-called complex interventions are easier because vision is optimized as much as possible thanks to 3D. It’s a bit like walking your head through the human body like the cartoon ‘Once upon a time… Life’, released in the late 1980s“, he launches amazed.
In addition to the convenience for surgeons, robot assistants allow patients to recover faster. “The pain associated with the operations is reduced and the return home is therefore facilitated“. In fact, beds are freed up earlier and the rotations of scheduled operations are smoother.
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