The Ministry of Health and Community Protection revealed the success of the medical team at the Kuwait Hospital in Dubai, in the process of removing a cancerous tumor from a patient's throat, and the removal of enlarged tissues of a patient suffering from sleep apnea, due to swelling in the bottom of the tongue, using advanced surgical robot technique.
“The robotic arms made it possible to perform the surgery with high precision, without any fibrillation, which reduced the negative effects of the surgery at a great rate,” said Dr. Ahmed Al Emadi, deputy medical director and head of ENT, who performed the operation with the help of the visiting surgeon, Dr. Michael Barbara. He stressed that the success of the operation enabled patients to leave the hospital a few days after surgery.
"The surgical robot is distinct from other conventional robots because of its small size and ease of transport to the operating rooms. It is controlled by the surgeon and managed to perform the surgery from within the operating room itself and not remotely. It is also characterized by its ability to reach small parts and narrow places of the human body by mouth to perform the required surgery, areas that are difficult to reach through conventional surgery, or require an external surgical incision to reach them. "These include the deep parts of the larynx and the upper part of the trachea."
The medical team at the hospital's otolaryngology department has developed a treatment plan for the case of laryngeal cancer patients, in order to avoid negative health complications in preparation for surgery using the latest robot generation in the Middle East.
These procedures required incisions in the neck and the opening of the patient's throat, a procedure that involved serious side effects. But the robot allows the removal of the tumor through the mouth, without causing damage to the pronunciation and swallowing.