New surgical robot ‘Daryl’ now helping assist Sask. medical operations
Doctor Varun Bathini, Surgical Robotics Program Lead, handled Turcott’s surgery with the assistance of Daryl.“The biggest application is anywhere we can do minimal invasive surgeries, so basically laparoscopic, or video-assisted surgery like they do in thoracics,” said Bathini, “that’s where robotic surgeries have been advantageous.”At a press conference at Saskatoon’s St. Paul Hospital, he explained some of the benefits of using Daryl versus performing surgery on his own.
“The 3D visualization that you get with the robotic surgery, the ability to manipulate the instruments with a 360 motion. This allows you to manipulate the tissues in much tighter spaces. We can offer this surgery to patients with a higher BMI , patients with a more challenging anatomy,” he said. “Certainly, I think we need to start looking at expanding to other centres in the province such as Regina,” said Bathini. “If thoracic surgery grows and our urology volume continues to be where it’s at there could be a potential for a second one.”
Bathini said that surgery with Daryl usually lasts one less day, but sometimes, it can save up to three to four days in a hospital bed.According to Andrew Will, Saskatchewan Health Authority’s CEO, these quicker recoveries will hopefully help address the overflow and understaffing of the health-care system.
“Not only will it help us serve patients, provide the highest quality of care for them, faster recovery times, but it will also help retain and recruit more surgeons and other staff to our province.“I certainly think the establishment of this program and the expertise in delivering it will allow us to see the full benefits of the program and have that ability to grow it over time as patients’ needs and technology .
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