Goodbye, the era of the flop!
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the US, in addition to skin cancer. About 13% of American men will get it – and treatment often comes with the risk of erectile dysfunction.
Facilitation is coming – the world’s first operation with two robotics to remove a prostate gland was completed last month in Texas. This innovative approach aims to maintain the nerves that control erectile function.
“We have a magnetic technology that enables better tissue attraction and better visualization,” Dr. Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro, founder and CEO of Levita Magnetics.
“In the case of the prostate, it can turn out to see the surgeon better,” Rodriguez-Navarro continued. “Nerves are very important because they are related to incontinence, such as urinary incontinence, and also sexual function, so storing these nerves is critical.”
Dr. With prostate cancer in Phase 2 at the UT SouthWestern medical center.
The double method reduces the number of incisions, leading to less pain, less complications, faster recovery and fewer wounds.
“Technologies produced by different companies are usually not created to work together … But we can work together, which was good for this,” said Cadeddu, a urologist, professor and member of the Levita Medical Advisory Board .
In a robotic prostatectomy, a urologist makes five or Six small incisions in the lower area of the stomach to insert miniature surgical tools and a camera to access and remove the prostate gland.
The only Da Vinci gate, released in the US in 2018 by Intuitive Surgical, requires only a small cut because the cameras and three instruments are grouped into one shaft.
One -wing design – which Cadeddu compares to an octopus – allows for a larger range of movement and minimizes clashes between the instruments.
Da Vinci provides deep and narrow access to the tissue, while the Mars system uses magnetic force to accurately attract tissue and manipulation of the internal organs.
An external magnet on the patient’s skin controls a magnetic clip inside the body.
“The actual prostate cut is done by [da Vinci] The robot, but the manipulation of the adjacent tissue is done by the magnetic robot Mars, ”Cadeddu explained. “Turning both in one operation – two robots, one who controls the capture, one who controls the scissors and dissection from the surgeon – that is innovation.”
March, launched in 2023, was used independently for weight loss operations, gall bladder removal and colorectal procedures.
The plan is to use double technology in operations beyond prostate removal and expand to other countries. Rodriguez-Navarro hopes to apply the technique to New York hospitals this year.
“We’re just starting,” he said. “The idea is for us to put this in the hands of all surgeons in the US and also on a world scale.”
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