Sep 27 2010
Dr. David B. Samadi, Chief, Division of Robotics and Minimal Invasive Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has released a Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Technique (SMART) Surgery website, www.smart-surgery.com.
He stated that his SMART technique is based on a robotic surgery platform and is a conventional open anatomic surgical method.
The SMART surgery website is an educational site that explains to users regarding prostate cancer and its treatment methods like robotic prostatectomy, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and laparoscopic robotic radical prostatectomy. The website also features various therapy options for kidney and bladder tumors. Dr. David Samadi provides a detailed elucidation on his SMART Surgery Technique and also includes videos to educate his patients on robotic surgery.
According to Dr. Samadi, his advanced SMART technique helps him to provide 95% success rate to his patients. He added that within a year, this technique will offer a continence rate of 97% and 81% of potency rate. It was reported that about half of the 3000 robotic prostatectomies which he had performed till date were carried out using his SMART technique. He referred to them as "treatment trifecta," and has been described in his SMART surgery website.
Dr.Samadi said that the nerve sparing factor included in his SMART technique has helped him to offer positive results to robotic prostatectomies. He added that his technique also enables the robotic surgeons to learn about the latest robotic procedures, thereby enhancing volume and experience this technology.
Dr. Samadi utilizes the da Vinci surgical robot for enhanced accuracy, magnified vision and flexible movement. 360° range of movement is offered by the EndoWrist instruments of the surgical robot which can be operated by hand controls. A clear three-dimensional view of the prostate, the surrounding organs and other nearby blood vessels are provided by the zoom in and out features of the camera, which is inserted into the patient. These cameras can be controlled by means of foot pedals.
The various advantages of robotic prostatectomy include quick healing, low risk of impotence or incontinence, reduced risk of infection and bleeding and minor incisions and scars.
Source: http://www.mountsinai.org/