Let Technology Serve Patients: Does Robot-Assisted Surgery Mean Robots Replace Doctors in Operations?

Two weeks ago, 67-year-old Ms. Chen visited our department and was diagnosed with breast cancer after examination. After a comprehensive assessment of the patient's condition, Chief Physician Yang Mei decided to perform a robot-assisted breast cancer resection. Despite being nearly 70 years old and having multiple underlying diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, Ms. Chen recovered well after the surgery performed by Chief Physician Yang Mei using cutting-edge robot-assisted surgical technology and was successfully discharged last week. In this article, we will detail the characteristics and advantages of robot-assisted surgical technology.

1. What is a Robot-Assisted Surgical System?

A robot-assisted surgical system consists of a surgeon's console, robotic arms, and an imaging system. The operating surgeon manipulates the robotic arms in real time through control handles and foot pedals at the console to complete surgical operations. The imaging system can provide a 3D high-definition surgical field of view magnified 15 times, greatly improving the visual precision during the operation.

Chief Physician Yang Mei performs the operation on the patient through console control

Surgical robotic arm display

2. Advantages of the Robot-Assisted Surgical System

Traditional breast cancer surgery usually involves removing the entire breast. Although it can effectively remove lesions, the large surgical incision and obvious scars often impose a heavy psychological burden on patients.

With the development of minimally invasive technology and the improvement of comprehensive breast cancer treatment, surgical operations increasingly emphasize precise manipulation and aesthetic effects while ensuring clinical efficacy. The robot-assisted surgical system has become a new choice for breast surgery due to its high precision, minimal invasiveness, and flexible operability.

Advantage 1: Safety and Precision

Since the robot-assisted system can magnify the surgical field of view by 15 times, surgeons can more clearly observe and identify small anatomical structures in the surgical area, such as nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels. This reduces the risk of damage to these structures and bleeding, while ensuring clear visibility of the surgical margin, greatly improving the safety and precision of the operation with ideal clinical outcomes.

Advantage 2: Minimal Invasiveness and Aesthetics

Due to the better flexibility of robotic arms compared to human hands, they can more easily dissect tissue structures in narrow areas, offering significant advantages in the surgical operation area. Studies have shown that robot-assisted surgery performs exceptionally well in terms of surgical incision aesthetics. This is because the robot-assisted surgical system is equipped with "articulated instruments" that can rotate up to 540°. Even through small skin incisions and in relatively narrow spaces, surgeons can conveniently perform precise surgical operations via the robot-assisted system. Therefore, the robot-assisted system demonstrates remarkable advantages in breast cancer resection: small incisions reduce scars on the breast surface and damage to surrounding tissue structures, promoting postoperative rehabilitation and achieving minimally invasive aesthetic effects.

3. The New Era of Robot-Assisted Surgery

To date, our department has successfully carried out more than 100 robot-assisted breast cancer resections, marking that our robotic minimally invasive surgical technology for breast cancer is at an advanced level in the province and even the country. With leading technology, precise minimal invasiveness, and excellent efficacy as our core advantages, we rely on the cutting-edge robot-assisted surgical system to maintain the stability and flexibility of surgical operations under a 3D high-definition field of view, completing tumor resection and lymph node dissection with extreme precision while maximizing the preservation of healthy tissues and important neurovascular structures. This not only ensures the thoroughness of tumor resection but also achieves rapid rehabilitation and minimally invasive aesthetic effects, providing breast cancer patients with a high-quality new diagnosis and treatment option integrating radical cure, safety, and aesthetics. In addition, our department will soon open a specialized clinic for robot-assisted surgery, and patients are welcome to consult. More than 100 successful cases confirm our strength and commitment. We are dedicated to providing better treatment options for breast cancer patients, safeguarding the health and beauty of every woman with top-tier technology.

Patient Q&A

Q1: How safe is robot-assisted surgery?A1: The robot-assisted surgical system has a built-in anti-tremor function, which is more stable than human hands and highly safe.

Q2: Are all breast cancer patients suitable for robot-assisted surgery?A2: Whether a patient is suitable for robot-assisted surgery depends on a comprehensive assessment of tumor size, location, stage, and other factors.

Q3: What are the disadvantages of robot-assisted surgery?A3: Robot-assisted surgery has high requirements for the experience and technical level of the attending surgeon, and must be operated by senior physicians with specialized training.

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