140 Docs attend CME on ‘Robotic Surgery’

NL Correspondent
Chandigarh, Sep 11
As many as 140 doctors attended a CME on ‘Robotic Surgery' at Mohali Club here today. The CME was organized by
Max Hospital, Mohali where a panel discussion was attended by Max robotic surgery experts including Dr. Anupam
Goel Consultant Max Institute of Minimal Access, Bariatric and Robotic Surgery, Dr. Ritesh Pruthy Senior Consultant
Surgical Oncology, Dr. Abhay Kalra , Consultant – Urologist, Andrologist, Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Dr. Seema
Wadhwa Associate Director-Obstetrics & Gynecology , Dr. Shaveta Gupta Senior Consultant -Obstetrics and
Gynaecology and Dr. M S Bedi Associate Director -GI Surgery.
Speaking during panel discussion, Dr. Anupam Goel said,” Robotic Surgeries are the most precise across specialities as
they offer benefits of minimally invasive, minimal blood loss and faster recovery.
Dr. M S Bedi said that Indian surgeons are now showing massive interest in adopting the technology as robot-assisted
surgery helps them in gaining control, accessing better visualization, and achieving improved clinical outcomes.
Dr. Seema Wadhwa & Dr Shaveta Gupta commented that robotic surgery allows surgeons to access difficult to reach areas
with precision & large magnification. In robotic surgery, small incisions are made in place of a large incision, which is therefore
less invasive than the traditional surgeries.
Meanwhile after the launch of Da Vinci Xi Surgical Robot a month back, Max has performed 27 robotic surgeries
ranging from hernia to hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy, neck dissection, ephrectomy, pyeloplasty etc.