The purpose of these surgeries is to improve women’s fertility as well as to address the multiple problems that can be caused by the presence of fibroids.
“Severe abdominal pain, heavy period with a large amount of blood, infertility, constipation and frequent urination are just some of the symptoms that fibroids can cause.
Until now, there was a size limit above which we suggested patients to undergo open and not laparoscopic surgery. With the participation of robotic surgery and always with the separate care for each patient, these limits are lifted “, points out Mr. Nikolaos Plevris, PhD, Gynecologist, Director of the 1st Gynecological Clinic – Department of Robotic and Laparoscopic Metropolitan Surgery.
Removal of a huge fibroid and stay in the hospital for only one night
At the First Gynecological Clinic of the Metropolitan General, a pioneering operation for the Greek and world data was performed, using robotic surgery.
The patient was referred to the clinic with a diagnosis of a uterus with multiple fibroids with a maximum diameter of 21 cm. After proper preparation, he underwent robotic surgery where the fibroids were removed through three small incisions of eight millimeters. The patient was discharged the next day, without complications with very little need for painkillers and mobilized the same afternoon of the operation.
Patients should be aware of their options when diagnosed with a fibroid and be aware that the limits that will force them to undergo open surgery and a long stay in hospital have changed.
Fibroids larger than 10 cm as well as many in number (over five) can be operated with the help of robotic surgery with small incisions in the skin.
“Through robotic surgery in gynecology, the patient receives services of absolute surgical precision and in most cases a one-day stay in the hospital. In this way, robotic surgery guarantees a better quality of life and many times better surgical results than open and laparoscopic surgery “, concludes Mr. Plevris.
Writes:
Mr. Nikolaos Plevris, PhD, Gynecologist,
Director of the 1st Gynecology Clinic – Department of Robotics and Laparoscopic Surgery at Metropolitan General
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