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Coimbatore
City hospital performs rare robotic cancer surgery
March 22, 2017
City-based Gem Hospital has said that it has performed the first robotic pancreatic cancer surgery in the country
on a 54-year old woman.
Chellammal of Namakkal was brought to the hospital and diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, hospital chairman Dr C Palanivelu told the media today.
The doctor, who has the distinction of performing the world’s first laparoscopic whipple operation in 1998, said he decided to carry out robotic whipple surgery on the woman and used latest machine worth Rs11 crore, inaugurated by Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao a month ago.
Magnification combined with 3D-enhanced vision enable perfect pancreatic anastomosis resulting in very low pancreatic leakage and new energy systems provide high precision in cancer clearance in blood less manner, he said.
Chellammal said she did not have any pain after the surgery and walked normally like after any other simple surgery.
The hospital had performed 23 robotic cancer surgeries for esophagus, stomach, rectum, intestine, liver, kidney and uterus over the last two months, Palanivelu said, adding that the Gem Medial Trust and Vattikutti Foundation of America supported free robotic surgery for under-privileged patients.
