Patients undergoing robotic surgery may have reduced recovery time due to less risk of complications and blood clots, reveals an unprecedented study published this month in the scientific journal Journal of the American Medical Association.
As the British newspaper The Guardian shows, scientists found that bladder cancer patients who underwent robot-assisted surgery recovered faster and returned home earlier than those who underwent the standard procedure.
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In the three-year study, robotic surgery reduced the chance of readmission by half (52%) and led to a 77% reduction in the prevalence of blood clots when compared to patients who had open (traditional) surgery.
“This is an important discovery. Hospital time has been reduced and recovery faster when using this advanced surgery. We saw fewer complications with improved mobility and less time spent in bed.”
The survey was carried out from March 2017 to March 2020 and involved 29 surgeons at nine hospitals in the UK. A total of 338 patients with non-metastatic bladder cancer were divided into two groups, with 169 volunteers undergoing robot-assisted removal and reconstruction and 169 undergoing open surgery.
The scientists found that, on average, the robot-operated volunteers spent eight days in the hospital, compared with 10 days in the open surgery group. According to the British newspaper, hospital readmission within 90 days after the procedure was also reduced, by 21% for the robotic surgery group and 32% for those who had the traditional procedure.
It is worth remembering that open surgery involves a surgeon working directly on the patient and with large incisions in the skin and muscle, but in the robot-assisted procedure, doctors use minimally invasive instruments, operating them remotely.
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