Center for Robotic Surgery

Da Vinci – a breakthrough in surgery

A unique international team

Advantages of robot-assisted surgery:

• jewelry precision of performing interventions;
• shortening the operation time;
• minimal blood loss;
• minimal traumatization of surrounding tissues;
• minimal risk of postoperative complications;
• minimal pain syndrome;
• the fastest possible recovery.

With the help of the Da Vinci robot, the most complex operations are carried out in the EMC:

on the thyroid gland: thyroidectomy - removal of the thyroid gland, hemithyroidectomy – removal of the thyroid lobe. Advantages: operations are performed through axillary access, without scars on the neck with preservation of vocal nerves;
• on the organs of the head and neck: removal of tumors of the oral cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, larynx, vocal cords, trachea, salivary glands, neck lymph dissection, robotic tonsillectomy, robotic tongue root resection; EMC ENT surgeons are the only ones in Russia using transoral surgery technology (TORS) using the Da Vinci robotic installation for performing operations in the oropharynx and laryngopharynx;
in urology for the treatment of adenoma and prostate cancer, kidney cancer, urinary incontinence correction, as well as for the treatment of hydronephrosis in children from 2 years of age. Types of operations: prostatectomy, nephrectomy, kidney resection, cystectomy, pyeloplasty; in many cases, robotic prostatectomy allows for prostate removal while maintaining erectile function; in gynecology, in benign diseases of the uterus and cervix requiring removal of the uterus; in uterine fibroids; in some malignant and borderline ovarian tumors; genital prolapse (sacrocolpopexy); precancerous conditions and some forms of cervical cancer (extended Wertheim surgery with removal of lymph nodes and radical trachelectomy), endometrial cancer;li>
• in general surgery for cysts and neoplasms of the pancreas, liver, and spleen; for cholelithiasis, chronic cholecystitis; for malignant and benign neoplasms of the stomach, adrenal glands; for Barrett's esophagus;
• in colorectal surgery: treatment of colon, transverse colon, sigmoid and small intestine cancers, anal canal cancer, treatment of diverticular disease and benign neoplasms of the colon and rectum, rectal prolapse; treatment of complications of UC, Crohn's disease; treatment of neoplasms of the abdominal cavity and pelvis; the advantages of such robotic operations are rapid restoration of organ function and a quick return to a normal diet and a normal life;
• in thoracic surgery: treatment of lung cancer and other tumors of the lungs, pleura, pericardium, mediastinum, thorax, thymoma; treatment of lung and mediastinal cysts; treatment of malformations of the lungs, mediastinal organs; treatment of tumors and cicatricial stenosis of the trachea and bronchi;
in bariatric surgery: treatment of morbid obesity of II and III degrees.

EMC doctors were the first in Russia to perform a number of robot-assisted operations:

• 2012 – the first gynecological and oncogynecological operations in private practice on the Da Vinci Si HD robot.
2013 – Russia's first robot-assisted cystoprostectomy with lymphodissection (removal of the bladder, prostate, and chain of lymph nodes) in a patient with bladder cancer.
• 2014 – the first total thyroidectomy in Russia using the Da Vinci robot.
2014 – Russia's first robotic hemithyroidectomy (removal of nodular formation of the right lobe of the thyroid gland). The year 2015 was a unique one–stage radical robotic prostatectomy and phalloprosthetics.
• 2017 was Russia's first robot–assisted ureteral plastic surgery for a two-year-old child. In 2018, another patient under the age of 2 underwent a similar operation.
• 2019 – Russia's first trachylectomy (removal of the tumor-affected cervix with surrounding tissues while preserving the uterus and ovaries) using the Da Vinci robot.