And two! The Poitiers University Hospital has just acquired a second Da Vinci surgical robot which will make it possible not only to carry out more operations using an assisted surgical robot, but also to develop new specialties.
Delivered at the end of April, the new Da Vinci X surgical robot is operational. It strengthens the robot-assisted surgery activity initiated at Poitiers University Hospital in 2015 with the acquisition of a first robot, the Da Vinci XI. It was the very first surgical robot in Poitou-Charentes. Since then, robotic surgery activity has exploded in France, and most hospitals in the region are equipped with it. “ The surgery of tomorrow is augmented surgery. The Poitiers University Hospital has chosen to become a strong part of this movement with the acquisition of a second platform, the final objective being to improve the quality of patient care. And then, this robot which can be an element of attractiveness for young surgeons, will also increase the influence of the CHU », underlines Dr Simon Bernardeau, urologist and head of the urological surgery and transplantation department. Nearly ten years of practice have only highlighted the interest of the activity for the benefit of patients: minimally invasive surgeries which make it possible to reduce the length of hospitalization. “ In urology, the benefits of robotic surgery have become absolutely indisputable. It helps reduce pain, bleeding, etc. The robot makes it possible to go further and further beyond technical limits for the benefit of patients, the most concrete example is kidney transplantation. », adds Dr Bernardeau. The new robot will also allow user services – urology, gynecology, visceral surgery, ENT and thoracic surgery to which pediatrics has recently been added – to develop new specialties. “ Robotic surgery has become an essential technical and technological element at Poitiers University Hospital. This second robot represents an exceptional opportunity for surgeons for the benefit of patients. We had reached saturation with a single robot and this saturation meant that there were no or few developments in robotic surgery. We were limited to what we already knew how to do. This second piece of equipment obviously opens up perspectives for us in visceral surgery. This will be, for example, the opening of minimally invasive pancreatic surgery for our colleagues. And for us, in bariatric and parietal surgery, it will be more particularly the surgery of hernias which required long-term hospitalizations due to the presence of drainage and the need to manage sometimes intense postoperative pain. Now, for the most part, they will be able to be treated in a minimally invasive way, which will be much less painful for the patient. », Explain Professor Jean-Pierre Faure and Dr David Soussi Berjonval, visceral surgeons, specialized in bariatric and parietal surgery.
The Da Vinci Except for a few details, it is identical to the other: it is made up of a remote control console coupled with an articulated arm device for carrying out minimally invasive surgical procedures. The equipment was supplied with two consoles to facilitate the training of young surgeons. Installed on one of the consoles, the trainer can follow the gestures of his learner and take back or give control of the arms easily.
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