KIMS Hospitals Robotic surgery on 60-year-old removes gall bladder stones

The multispecialty chain, KIMS Hospitals performed a robotic surgery on 60-year-old-woman at their Kondapur branch recently. The procedure was performed to remove gall bladder stones.

Dr Vijay Kumar C Bada, Surgical Gastroenterologist and Head of Minimal access and Robotic Sciences Department performed Robotic cholecystectomy. The patient was ambulant within four hours of surgery, and she had food on the same night and was discharged the next day.

Speaking about the procedure on Thursday, Dr Kumar congratulated his support team who coordinated and made possible the success of the surgery. While hailing the advantages of the Robotic surgery, he said that Robotic services were present in a few and select centres across the country. KIMS Hospitals, a pioneer in introducing advanced technology in medical sciences has instituted DaVinci Robotic equipment in KIMS Hospitals, Kondapur to offer the latest and the best technology to the patients of this part of the city.

“Surgery for anyone would be one with fear and apprehension. Mostly all patients always take surgery as a complicated procedure. But when a disease needs surgical procedure, the aim of medical professionals is to offer safe procedure with desired outcome. In this regard, advancements, modifications are undergoing since decades.

From conventional open surgery to minimal access procedures, medical advancements have come a long way. Robotic surgery is the latest in the armamentarium, which offers highly skilled procedures being done with least risk and best outcome in the form of completeness of procedure and ease of recovery to the patient,” he said, adding that the patient was recovering well and the facility is looking forward to executing more surgeries under more disciplines.