Traditionally, patients with advanced bladder cancer Surgery was removed along with the tumor and the bladder itself, requiring the creation of a new body from the intestine. This is a very complex procedure, which involves a long recovery period. Now, in western hospitals have started to successfully use robotic surgeons who are able to carry out filigree cuts to micron accuracy. They can remove the malignant tumor of the bladder, keeping the body of the patient himself.
Every year, victims bladder cancer in Russia are about 20 thousand people, while men get sick more than twice as often as women. This is due to the fact that one of the causes of the disease is smoking. Most of the victims of the variety of the tumor 50. In cases where the cancer is at an early stage, it is treated by injections of special medications are a special viral infections that enter the tumor and destroy it. Also widespread chemotherapy. If the cancer is at a late stage, the only means for curing is a radical removal of the bladder.
Now, these tumors can be removed with a famous robotic surgeon da Vinci, which has four mechanical arms. One he inserts a laparoscope - a flexible tube with a camera on the end. It allows surgeons to see inside the body to more precisely control other robotic arms, cut out the tumor with the highest accuracy.
This minimally invasive surgery is good not only because it keeps the bladder to the patient, but also much less long-term recovery, and less risk of postoperative infections. (READ MORE)
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