‘Robotic surgical procedures will soon become more affordable’
The Hindu
Doctors say recent advancements made transplants easier
Stating that robotic surgical procedures will soon become widely prevalent, Swaminathan Sambandam, head of the Department of Liver and Multi Organ Transplant Surgery at GEM Hospital, Chennai, expressed hope that the procedures will soon become even more affordable to the larger public as well.
Speaking at the webinar organised on Saturday by The Hindu as part of its Wellness Series in association the GEM Hospitals on “Kidney and liver transplants with minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery,” he acknowledged that the equipment for robotic procedures required significant investments at the moment.
He drew parallel with the evolution of laparoscopic procedures.
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