Hospiten is making progress in the incorporation of techniques that allow complex tumors to be approached and which were considered, in some cases, inoperable. The Da Vinci Xi robotic platform integrates 3D technology (CELLA) and fluorescence-guided surgery.

This technology not only makes it possible to see a 3D image, but also allows them to work on the image, perform the surgery virtually and establish different resection margins with the tumor, between one and five millimeters.

Dr. Manuel Barrera Gómez, head of the General and Digestive System Surgery Service at Hospiten Rambla University Hospital, states that "this allows us to know if a tumor affects important vascular structures and if prior treatment, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy, is necessary".

The specialist explains that "we can have the image on which to work, plan the surgery with different types of margins and even navigate through the vascular structures to see if they are in any way affected from the inside".

Likewise, the integration of fluorescence-guided surgery especially complements the timing of the intervention. This technique includes a series of programs and sensors that are capable of detecting the dye and that help to know that the margins have adequate irrigation to continue with the intervention, both laparoscopic and robotic.

A previous advantage for tumor removal.

"The advantages of using the Da Vinci Xi technology allows us to know in advance that the oncologic surgery will be effective for tumor removal. It will also help us to know, before the operation, if prior treatment is necessary to reduce the tumor and to have adequate margins," Dr. Barrera Gómez points out.

Likewise, the use of these techniques makes it possible to approach tumor surgeries that would have been very difficult to perform conventionally. Dr. Barrera Gómez points out that "this technology is fundamental in tumors that affect the pancreas or the liver, such as retroperitoneal sarcomas, or very low rectal tumors. In all of them, precision is very important because the difference of a margin of one or two millimeters is essential to be able to remove them," he says.

The use of this technology has great potential for working on it before operating on the patient. It also helps to be able to have a 3D physical model with which to explain to people how the surgery will be approached.

Hospiten continues to reaffirm its commitment to its patients and to the implementation of innovative technology that allows a better approach to complex surgeries.

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