“The Da Vinci XI is the most advanced, by today’s standards, robotic system, which greatly facilitates the surgeon, so that he can make delicate movements, as if he had his hands inside the closed abdomen of the patient. The results are much better and the patient’s recovery much faster” points out Dr. Vassilis Poulakis Director Urologist in the specialized Robotic Urology Center of the Metropolitan Hospital and continues:

“Today, talking about robotic surgery in the specialty of Urology, we have the ability to make a new bladder from small intestine, which will function like the patient’s normal bladder, enabling him to maintain his quality of life in urination, but and his erection”, he concludes.

*The Metropolitan Hospital, being the first to follow the developments, has not only the latest and most modern da Vinci model, the Da Vinci Si, but also one of the most experienced and specialized groups of Greek robotic surgeons in Europe, who every year carry out the largest series of operations in Europe.

In particular, on June 29, 2017, the most modern and well-equipped Robotic Surgery machine available worldwide, the da Vinci Xi, crossed the threshold of the Metropolitan Hospital’s operating rooms. Thus, the Metropolitan becomes not only the first hospital in Greece to have this particular leading Robotic Surgery machine, but also the first hospital in South-Eastern Europe to have two simultaneously operating da Vinci robotic systems.

With two Da Vinci surgical robotic systems, and a Mako orthopedic robotic system, the Metropolitan Hospital has installed the largest and most complete robotic system in Greece and the hospital is positioned as one of the best robotic centers in Europe.

**The recent award to Dr. Vassilis Poulakis, for his contribution to Urology and the high-quality approach to surgery of patients with urological diseases, is a distinction that is the culmination of 20 years of effort and which reflects the great work done by ‘ everyone at Metropolitan Hospital.