Sunway Medical will test surgical robots and more robotics instructions
Sunway partners with Medtronic to test surgical robotics
Sunway Healthcare Group in Malaysia recently announced its partnership with Medtronic.
According to an announcement on social media, they signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to improve the centers of excellence at the flagship hospital, Sunway Medical Centre, which specializes in spine, neuroscience and cardiovascular medicine.
Their partnership will include testing advanced robotic surgical techniques in a clinical setting.
Lately, Sunway Medical Center has focused on digitalization. In June for example integrated an AI solution from Australian company Annalize.ai into its radiology workflow.
AIIMS opens RAS training centre
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi is the latest to open a training center for robot-assisted surgery, powered by US-based Intuitive.
The RAS Training Center, equipped with da Vinci systems, will provide initial and continued training and support to surgeons and care teams in various specialties, including urology, gynecology and general surgery.
The AIIMS Delhi training center is said to be the fourth intuitively powered training facility in India. To date, more than 850 surgeons have been trained in the use of the da Vinci RAS system.
St. Vincent’s Hospital offers robot-assisted knee replacement surgery
St. Vincent’s Hospital of the Catholic University of Korea recently started performing robot-assisted knee replacement surgeries.
It has adopted a robotic surgical system from US company Stryker that is now being applied to total hip joint replacement, total knee joint replacement and partial knee joint replacement.
A highlight of the RAS system is the ability to insert implants into the correct location with one cut, reducing damage to the surgical site and decreasing the incidence of implant dislocation after surgery. It has a sensor that is attached to the knee during surgery and that accurately measures the leg axis.
Saint Vincent Hospital expects that the robotic technology will be widely applied in elderly patients, as it contributes to less pain and a faster return to daily life compared to existing surgical methods.