Belagavi doctors begin robotic surgeries for eye operations

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Srinivas Joshi, manager  of MM Joshi Kodkany Eye centre hospital, addressing reporters successful  Belagavi connected  Thursday.

Srinivas Joshi, manager of MM Joshi Kodkany Eye centre hospital, addressing reporters successful Belagavi connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Doctors astatine the M.M. Joshi Kodkany Super Speciality Eye centre infirmary person begun robotic surgeries to dainty antithetic conditions and diseases.

“This is the archetypal clip specified divers robotic surgeries are being done astatine this scale. A squad led by Shilpa Kodkany, oculus surgeon, is conducting these procedures. Several palmy procedures person already been done and the patients person recovered. These surgeries are bladeless and bloodless and outgo effective. The operations are precise and done faster and the complaint of betterment is higher. These are much effectual than astir earlier methods of treatment,” Srinivas Joshi, manager of M.M. Joshi Kodkany Eye centre, said connected Thursday.

“Various types of procedures, including Robotic Cataract Surgery with Femto Second Laser, CLEAR (Corneal Lenticule Extraction for Advanced Refractive Correction) country that assistance patients halt utilizing spectacles, and attraction of corneal conditions were being conducted,” helium said.

Dr. Joshi said they were much precise, harmless and effectual than accepted surgeries.

“The Belagavi portion is utilizing Z8 Zymer instrumentality that uses lasers to run and stitch. There is minimal quality intervention. This tin beryllium mounted connected a conveyance and taken to hospitals successful antithetic towns. This was earlier disposable lone successful the metros. We person introduced it to Belagavi. It volition spell astir tiny towns with trained doctors. It volition connection services astatine discounted prices,” Dr. Joshi said.

He said the 2 hospitals had signed an statement with a motto to promote radical to region their glasses done laser surgeries. “People of each ages tin usage this, though it is champion suited for those nether 45 and supra 55,” helium said.

Dr. Kodkany, manager of the centre, said that the caller equipments were AI enabled and the borderline of mistake were adjacent zero. To a query, she said that determination was a rising inclination of oculus ailments and problems among young children owed to the excessive usage of mobile phones. “The infirmary offered assorted therapies to specified children including counselling,” she said.

Other directors, including Rajendra Belgaumkar, was present.

Published - February 12, 2026 09:00 p.m. IST

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