At theThoracic Surgery Unit of the University Hospital of Ferrara was carried out on 17 January first thoracic surgery with minimally invasive techniqueusing the “Da Vinci” robot composed of a surgical console, from which the operator guides the robotic arms, positioned above the patient.
“The use of the most innovative equipment in the operating room opens up great horizons for patient care, guaranteeing new treatment possibilities for the most complex cases – highlights the doctor Monica Calamai, Director of the Ferrara Healthcare Companies -. The launch of robotic surgery at the hospital also represents an opportunity for further growth and improvement for our professionals, in some types of interventions. This is a new excellence that characterizes the Cona garrison, within the provincial hospital network, giving increasingly more qualified answers to citizens and limiting their movements to other territories”.
“The launch of robotic surgery in our hospital – highlighted the Director of the Thoracic Surgery unit, Dr. Giampiero Dolci – it is an innovation that allows us to raise the level of precision in some types of operations, preserving the functional integrity of the organs involved and thus allowing patients to recover faster. The link ‘technological evolution – clinical excellence’ is indissoluble and represents an important goal and an accessible benefit for our patients”.
The surgery was performed on one 68 year old womansubjected to a robotic “thymectomy” surgery operation, which consists in the removal of a thymic lesion in a very delicate and difficult to access area. The timo it is a small organ located behind the sternum, in the anterior part of the mediastinum, the region between the two lungs that contains the heart, vessels, esophagus and trachea. The advantages of robot-assisted surgery are related to less trauma and consequent less invasiveness, necessary to carry out even complex interventions. Added to this is greater precision, thanks to a three-dimensional and enlarged vision and greater ease in operating in confined spaces and on small structures, using the instruments supplied with the robot which are easily maneuvered by the surgeon.