Incisions have become smaller and less invasive over time, according to one gynecologist.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Robotic surgery has changed clinicians' approach to patients for whom hysterectomy is considered, said Dr Carlos Alcivia Smith at the XXXI International Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Some of the challenges of conventional laparoscopic surgery are the two-dimensional images, hand-eye coordination difficulty, amplification of physiological tremors, a steep learning curve, and limited articulated movements, he added. "Since 2011, we have known that hysterectomy should be a minimally invasive surgical practice. Open surgery applied to hysterectomy should start to disappear because endoscopic surgery offers great advantages in terms of recovery, bleeding, complications, etc," said Alcivia Smith. Laparoscopic technique has become the gold standard, and the open technique is decreasingly common.
"In Mexico, we have treated 15,400 patients with the Da Vinci system or platform since 2012. Twenty-seven hospitals have robotic surgery programs, and we have 31 national proctors . The metropolitan areas of Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey have the highest number of programs and cases," said Alcivia Smith.
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