More endometriosis tissue is removed (high surgical precision), fewer scars, and relatively quick healing time. These are the advantages of robotic surgery. Endometriosis is a disease that attacks the female reproductive organs. This disease occurs when tissue that is usually in the uterus appears elsewhere.

This condition causes pain, especially during menstruation, and can cause infertility. The normal condition of endometrial tissue is to line the uterus (endo: inside and metri: uterus). This tissue is released during menstruation.
However, endometrial cells sometimes stick to random places.

Such as the ovaries, fallopian tubes, digestive tract, or pelvic cavity. This tissue can also appear in the vagina, cervix, and bladder. Although rare, endometrium can appear in the lungs, liver, and brain. Endometriosis is usually benign, and not a type of cancer.

Therapy

Currently, endometriosis treatment is diverse. Starting from natural methods to surgery. Surgery is performed if the diameter of the endometrial tissue is large enough, which is more than 3.8 centimeters. If it is more than four centimeters, there is a risk of twisting. If adhesions occur in the lower pelvis, it can block the fallopian tubes.

To be sure of its size, an ultrasound can be performed during menstruation. One surgical technique is to use robotic surgery. In this way, the incision and scar are quite small. Only about four millimeters. While with conservative surgery, the incision can reach 10 centimeters.

Compared to ‘major’ surgery, internal wounds are also very small, considering that the injured tissue is quite small. With robotic surgery, surgeons can have good visualization. This can happen because this tool has a 3D magnification feature with high definition .

This tool also allows surgeons to see abnormal tissue clearly and in detail. So that the surgeon can remove all tissue. Not only that. Robotic surgery also allows the doctor’s ‘hands’ to move freely.

Because this method has a special instrument that can bend and rotate much larger than the human wrist. So that the results of the operation can be more precise and controlled. Talking about post-operative pain, with robotic surgery, pain can be minimized.

This method creates a small wound when endometriosis surgery is performed. With a small wound, the patient’s recovery rate is faster. Most patients who undergo robotic surgery procedures can return to their activities in two weeks compared to major surgery for six weeks.

Regarding the public’s enthusiasm for robotic surgery, until 2017 Bunda Jakarta Hospital held the facility, and more than 200 medical cases have been successfully handled.