17/02/2024
We are delighted to have introduced a purely robotic approach to radical cystectomy to one of our hospital networks in South Australia.
Over the last 12 months, Dr Akbar Ashrafi has employed the USC technique for robotic-assisted radical cystectomy and extended lymph node dissection with intra-corporeal urinary diversion for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The da Vinci Xi robotic platform facilitates complex multi-quadrant abdominal surgery in the least invasive manner possible.
A minimally invasive robotic approach can be associated with significant peri-operative benefits for patients, including lower blood loss, less pain, shorter length of stay, reduced peri-operative complications, and earlier return to daily activities.
Calvary Adelaide Hospital, Calvary Health Care, Device Technologies, BladderCancer.net
