Moscow will equip all oncostationaries with da Vinci robotic surgeons

Moscow launched a project to equip all cancer hospitals in the capital. robots surgeons da Vinci This will increase the availability of robot-assisted operations in the treatment of cancer, said the deputy mayor of the capital for social development on Anastasia Rakova June 19, 2023.

According to her, thanks to a minimally invasive technique, postoperative recovery is much faster, and the use of robot-assisted systems allows improving treatment results and improving the quality of life of patients.

Moscow will equip all oncological hospitals in the city with Da Vinci robotic surgeons

The vice-mayor added that the most significant advantages of robot-assisted systems are manifested in the treatment of oncourological diseases. In total, in 2022, almost 600 operations were performed on the "urology" profile in patients with malignancies using the Da Vinci robot. Compared to 2021, the share of such surgical interventions in Moscow hospitals increased by 11%.

Rakova also cited data according to which in 2022 the volume of minimally invasive high-tech operations performed To Moscow in cancer using robot-assisted systems exceeded 1,000 interventions (an increase of 14% by 2021).

The mayor's office Moscow recalled that by June 2023, the city continues to implement a large-scale program to equip medical organizations with modern equipment. In recent years alone, tens of thousands of units of medical equipment have been delivered to hospitals and clinics in the capital, including for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Computer and magnetic resonance tomographs mammographs, ULTRASONOGRAPHY endoscopic equipment, robot-assisted surgical systems and much more have appeared in medical institutions, the Moscow government said.^[1]

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