Robotic surgery News

Joint replacement surgery has entered a new era with the rise of smart robotic technology. A sophisticated approach that blends 3D imaging, data-driven planning, and robotic assistance. This advancement marks a significant shift in orthopedic care, allowing for highly personalised procedures.

(IRDA) has suggested insurance companies to include robotics surgery in health insurance. With the inclusion of robotic surgery in health insurance, Indian patients will be able to get the surgery performed in the country, rather than travelling abroad. The trend of robotic surgery has increased over the past few years.

The operation is done with robot-assisted keyhole surgery in which five openings one centimeter long enable the surgeons to work with very high precision.

India currently has over 50 surgical robots and a pool of over 300 trained robotic surgeons and an estimated 700 robotic-assisted surgeries a month are conducted in the country.  

With over 50 surgical robots and a pool of over 300 trained robotic surgeons in India, an estimated 700 robotic surgeries a month are conducted in the country.  

Doctors at the Saifee Hospital here successfully conducted robotic kidney cancer surgery on a patient who had previously undergone a kidney transplant, the hospital said on Tuesday.

 Researchers tested the capsule robot, which has a tether that is smaller in diameter than conventional endoscopes, 30 times in the colon of a pig.

Robotic surgery performed at a hospital has successfully relieved a 37-year-old patient of acute abdominal pain caused by a rare medical condition.

A leading US robotic surgeon, Dr. Chris Holsinger from Stanford, will visit India this week to train head and neck surgeons on minimally invasive methods such as robotic surgery for treating cancer patients.