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Robotic surgical systems like the DaVinci Xi and Mako Robot for Knee Replacement have become indispensable tools in the hands of skilled surgeons at Fortis. These advanced technologies enable the medical team to perform highly precise procedures, leading to improved patient outcomes and quicker recovery times.

With every aspect of healthcare advancing, it has been no different for the way surgeries are performed in India. Until now, surgeons had the option of performing an open incision or a laparoscopy surgery that is highly dependent on the surgeon’s hand-skills. But now, a new wave of robotic surgery is taking a surge in India. It is a new category of minimally invasive surgery using the DaVinci Xi® Surgical System that offers an effortless way of performing complex surgical procedures.

Da Vinci surgical system enables minimal invasive surgeries for the following

Heart Valve Disease
Kidney cancer
Prostate Cancer
Achalasia (Swallowing disorder)
Gall Bladder disorders
Fibroid Tumour
Endometriosis
Ulcerative Colitis

Preparation for the Surgery: Using an MRI or CT scan, the exact position of the invasion site is found and estimated, following which the reports are set into the DaVinci Xi system for enhanced precision.

During the surgery

The patient is asked to lie on their back followed by an incision of 1-2cm at the target location that is done using a robotic arm. The robotic arm functions on the directions fed by the surgeon.
The surgeon directs the robotic arms of the machine, by sitting at the console.
He accesses the target anatomy using accurately controlled EndoWrist instruments.
He completes the surgery using short and precise hand movements.
The surgeon’s hand, wrist and finger movements are translated into precise movements by the da Vinci system making use of miniaturized instruments at the patient-side cart, all happening in real-time.

After the surgery: The main benefit is the reduced time to return back to normal life, which is possible through this surgery, unlike any other traditional methods.

MAKO Robotic - Total Knee Replacement

The MAKO Robotic is the latest invention in the field of knee replacement surgery and in Fortis hospital Bannerghatta Road. Now we have this MAKO Robotic program already running and there are several patients who already got benefit of this surgery MAKO Robotic.

Involves a virtual modelling of the knee and a robotic will assist your surgeon to make the bone resection and component position of the knee replacement very accurately. So you will have a Connecticut scan done before surgery. As you are aware a Connecticut scan will create a virtual 3-dimensional knee model before doing the knee replacement surgery.

And as you can imagine, the 3D modelling will make your knee precise model so that a surgeon can use that model inside the ROBO to make accurate calculations for different angles and axis of the knee replacement component placement. Once the CT scan has been done during the surgery, the MAKO robotic machine will calculate again the different angles. It can also be changed by the surgeon if he has to change and hence.

The robotic machine will take inputs from this 3D image and a 3D model and then accurately calculate your knee replacement position during surgery. We do what is called as a bone resection in different plane so that the knee component can go inside the bone. This resection of the bone is also done by the robotic arm because it is a robotic arm.

Surgeries Performed Using MAKO Robo