Robotics Obesity Surgery is a particularly good option for bariatric patients who choose the gastric bypass procedure. Robotic surgery isn’t commonly available yet, but certainly considered a new technology on the rise.

Robotics is a cutting-edge method of performing surgery using only a few small incisions, or keyholes similar to that used in laparoscopic cases, as ports for instruments that allow access to the heart, lungs and abdomen, while at the same time fine-tuning the technical skills of the surgeon. This surgery is performed in a three dimensional image compared to the two dimensions of laparoscopic surgery. Robotic instrumentation works by mimicking the motions and movements of the surgeons’ hands and fingers. This provides an added element of dexterity for the surgeon. Furthermore, the da Vinci’s wrist action capabilities allow the surgeon to get around corners and in tight spaces for improved precision.

When performing a gastric bypass procedure, the most complicated and important part of the obesity surgery is creating the connection between the stomach and small bowel after creating the gastric pouch. The most common approaches in connecting them are to either staple or to hand sew them together, but the best results to date and the least complications have been demonstrated with the sewing approach. The robot makes hand sewing much easier by increasing the dexterity, precision and vision of the surgeon in the tight space. More and more studies are now showing that not only in bariatrics but also in other surgical specialties complication rates are less in the robotic assisted approach when compared to the standard laparoscopic approaches.

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