The use of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare has only been increasing over the last year. More particularly, a lot is happening within operation theatres as doctors are busy using AI in robot-assisted surgeries - the knowledge of which barely leaves the hospital walls. We decided to find out more
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Recently, Mumbai-based Dr Mudit Khanna completed 100 successful robotic arm-assisted makoplasty procedures. The minimally invasive joint replacement surgeries were done over four months, according to Wockhardt Mumbai Central Hospital, where he is an orthopaedic and joint replacement surgeon. In 2023, a team led by Dr Gaurav Chaubal, director of the Liver, Pancreas and Intestine Transplant Program and HPB Surgery at Global Hospitals, Parel, performed a total robotic donor hepatectomy for a liver transplant on a baby, diagnosed with Crigler Najjar syndrome. It helped by only giving a smaller scar and enhanced precision and control, reducing blood loss during surgery and has lower rates of complications compared to open surgeries.