da Vinci Robotic Surgery
There has been much discussion about the advantages and limitations of da Vinci’s robotic surgery and its potential to provide excellent backup to laparoscopic procedures. A point of debate and discussion that often comes up with robotic surgery is whether it can stand the test of time and offer 100 percent risk-free surgery. According to all surgeons, heavily automated procedures have a ninety percent success rate, although there is still a ten percent chance of falling into risk factors.
Risk Factors in Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
Many may not want to hear this, but despite the huge promise of robotic surgery for the future of laparoscopy, there are some risk factors, which a surgeon and a patient should keep in mind when signing up. The following major risks have been recorded in the da Vinci robotic system.
Excessive bleeding
Different patients have different phenotypes and some are at risk of excessive bleeding even when tissue damage is minimal. Excessive bleeding during surgery can result from an excessive dose of blood or injury to a sensitive area that can cause blood vessels to burst. Robotic surgery with any da Vinci system is extremely difficult to handle as there are only three arms to manipulate and clean the operating area and resume surgery.
Technical issues
The da Vinci robot operates with four arms that move according to input from a surgeon seated at a console. In addition to the two potential risks in robotic laparoscopy mentioned above, there may also be secondary problems such as visual blurring of intraoperative images and camera malfunction.
There is a critical need to understand the risk factors and complications that can cause problems on the surgical table.
da Vinci Robotic Surgery
