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Fortis International Centre for Robotic Surgery inaugurated by Shri Salman Khurshid Comprehensive robotic procedures in seven specialities World-renowned cardiac surgeon, Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, performs robotic by-pass surgery at Fortis Escort Heart Institute, with the new 'C-Port Flex-A system' for the first time in India
New Delhi, November 2, 2011:Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd.
and the International Centre for Robotic Surgery (ICRS) today
introduced the first Fortis ICRS centre at
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. The Chief Guest, Shri Salman
Khurshid, Hon'ble Union Law Minister, Govt. of India,
inaugurated the state-of-the-art robotic surgery centre in
the presence of Mr. Aditya Vij, CEO, Fortis Healthcare
(India) Ltd. and Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, Founding Chairman and
Managing Director, ICRS.
Fortis ICRS will offer comprehensive robotic surgery
procedures in cardiac, thoracic, urology, gynaecology,
general, head & neck surgeries and orthopaedics. The
procedures will be introduced in a phased manner and
performed by highly experienced robotic surgeons from the
United States and other countries, along with their support
teams, which will work in conjunction with surgical teams at
Fortis. Fortis ICRS centres will be set up across Fortis
hospitals in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata as
well as some tier II cities including Mohali and Jaipur.
Fortis ICRS will be staffed by a highly experienced team of
some of the world's best robotic surgeons, with a collective
experience of more than 15,000 surgeries. The centre will
have an integrated approach to clinical services, training
and research.
Dr. Srivastava, a pioneer in conducting robotic surgical
procedures and an expert of international repute, performed a
live single-vessel by-pass surgery using an anastomosis
device for the first time in India. This 'C-Port Flex-A'
system is designed to enable automated, reliable and
reproducible connections of blood vessels during Robotic
Beating Heart Totally Endoscopic Bypasss Surgery. Dr. Sudhir
Srivastava, honored with the Bharat Gaurav Award, has
performed
Precise operation
Less trauma
Less pain
Less blood loss and fewer transfusions
Faster functional recovery
Lesser complications
Lesser risk of wound infections
Shorter hospital stay leading to
Advantages of using C-Port Flex-A SystemAllow surgeons to position the device to create a secure connection even in the most difficult to reach areas of the heart
Facilitate minimally invasive CABG
surgery
Create compliant anastomosis in vessels as small as one millimeter in internal diameter
Used in either on- or off-pump CABG
procedures
more than 1200 robotic cardiothoracic surgical procedures,
more than any other surgeon in the world.
Robotic Surgery is the most advanced form of minimally
invasive surgery and typically performed through small
(fingertip size) incisions, or operating ports, rather than
large incisions, resulting in potentially shorter recovery
times, fewer complications, reduced hospitalization costs and
reduced trauma to patients.
Fortis has strong competencies in the fields of Minimally
Invasive Surgery (MIS), laparoscopic and robotic surgery,
with several hospitals offering specialized medical services
in these advanced clinical areas. Fortis Escorts Heart
Institute, New Delhi was one of the first hospitals in India
to acquire the da Vinci® Surgical System and offer the
robotic option to its cardiac patients.
Fortis Healthcare (India) Limited is committed to clinical excellence and patient-centric healthcare, which is manifest in hospital design, patient services, medical programmes and the compassionate approach of medical and non-medical hospital staff. Fortis commissioned its first hospital in 2001 at Mohali, near Chandigarh, and has expanded its operations to become a network with a capacity of over 10000 beds capacity across 66 hospitals. The Fortis network has a large number of international accreditations, including four JCI (Joint Commission International) and 10 NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals) certifications. The network's capability covers multi-speciality hospitals and super-speciality centres that provide tertiary and quaternary healthcare to patients in the major medical specialities.
About International Centre for Robotic Surgery (ICRS)The International Centre for Robotic Surgery (ICRS) is the operating entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sudhir Srivastava Medical Innovations PVT LTD (SSMI). ICRS is dedicated to bring the advanced robotic surgery techniques to India. Through ICRS, 20 highly-skilled and some of the most experienced robotic surgeons in the world have joined hands to benefit patients in India. For more information, please visit: www.indiaroboticsurgery.com