China News Online, February 8th (Chen Jing Yao Jun) Today, robotic surgery is one of the most cutting-edge minimally invasive techniques in surgery in the world today, with more precise treatment, less trauma, and faster recovery of patients.
The reporter learned on the 8th that Professor Luo Qingquan, Executive Deputy Director of the Oncology Department of Shanghai Chest Hospital, led the team to successfully complete the domestic single-port endoscopic surgical robot lobectomy animal test.
Professor Luo Qingquan said that the mature single-port laparoscopic surgical robot in the future will achieve precise surgical treatment under the premise of single-incision minimally invasive surgery.
During the interview, the reporter learned that there are now more than 150 medical units in China that carry out robotic chest surgery, but currently they are still using imported robotic surgery systems in clinical practice. “Independently develop robotic surgery systems that meet the characteristics of the Chinese population.” This is the long-cherished wish of this generation of chest robot experts.
According to reports, the single-hole surgical robot system is a hot spot for domestic and foreign developers to compete.
Professor Luo Qingquan led the team to cooperate with the domestic R&D team, repeated discussions and continuous improvement.
In this animal experiment, Chinese experts took experimental pigs as the object and adopted the method of "introducing the operating arm through the xiphoid approach" to ensure that the operation is operable, while simulating the human operation process to the maximum.
In the experiment, the unique "continuum snake-shaped surgical execution arm" of the single-hole robot entered the chest cavity of the experimental pig. Professor Luo Qingquan also explored and initially determined the location of the auxiliary hole.
In the end, in less than an hour, the operation successfully removed the right apical lobe of the experimental pig without obvious bleeding.
Subsequently, Professor Luo Qingquan guided the team to complete the surgical resection of the right heart lobe of the same experimental pig.
After the operation, the vital signs of the experimental pigs were stable.
Professor Luo Qingquan is currently the vice president of the Chinese Medical Robotic Physician Branch and the chairman of the Thoracic Surgery Committee of the Chinese Medical Robotic Physician Branch.
He has been committed to the development and construction of China's chest robotics discipline.
In 2009, Professor Luo Qingquan led the team to complete the robotic lobectomy first, opening the use of robotic chest surgery in China.
After more than ten years of development, the hospital has always led the country in the field of robotic chest surgery.
In 2020, Luo Qingquan led many domestic experts to jointly formulate China's first "Clinical Expert Consensus on Robot-Assisted Lung Cancer Surgery".
Professor Luo Qingquan said in an interview that the most widely used surgical robots currently rely on imports and operate with multiple holes. They have not overcome the problems of more surgical incisions and wear of the chest wall tissue on the operating arm. At the same time, single-port thoracoscopic surgery suffers Limited to the field of vision and operating space, the operator has higher requirements for operating skills. Luo Qingquan told reporters: “Next, we will more closely carry out animal experiments on single-port laparoscopic surgical robots, continue to improve the operating system, and explore different surgical procedures, and strive to summarize mature surgical methods and techniques as soon as possible. The single-hole robot enters the clinic as soon as possible to provide theoretical and technical support." (End)