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Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, performed Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy (VEIL), a minimally invasive, robot-assisted surgical procedure, utilizing the Hugo Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) strategy via a lateral attack successful a diligent with penile cancer. The 40-year-old diligent recovered well, with nary large post-operative complications.
The lateral attack allows surgeons to entree the groin lymph nodes from the broadside of the thigh alternatively of the accepted midline incision, making the process little invasive. Inguinal lymph node removal is usually done successful cancers similar penile, vulval, and vaginal cancers, and is traditionally performed done unfastened surgery, which tin pb to wound-related complications and lymphatic leakage.
The robotic VEIL method uses tiny incisions, robotic precision instruments, and enhanced visualisation, helping trim insubstantial harm and amended betterment outcomes.
Apollo Hospitals has present extended the usage of the Hugo RAS level crossed the afloat scope of uro-oncology surgeries, including prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers.
The squad comprised of Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, CEO, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai Region, N. Ragavan, elder consultant, urologist, uro-oncologist and robotic surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Madhav Tiwari, advisor – urologist, uro-oncologist and robotic surgeon, Apollo Speciality Hospitals Teynampet, Chennai, who noted improved betterment outcomes with robotic VEIL.
