From DNA, 10 months ago ….. And last month Asian Hospitals completed 50 Robotic Surgeries. Medical revolution: At Mumbai’s Asian Heart Hospital, robots to help with surgeries Published: Thursday, Jul 7, 2011, 8:00 IST By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Mumbai’s first robotic facility for surgery was inaugurated at Asian Heart Institute [...]
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Robotic Surgery featured at www.io9.com Leave a comment
Top image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images. http://io9.com/5905116/robots-are-going-after-your-prostate-with-knives By Charles Choi Robots are going after your prostate with knives Knife-wielding robots are increasingly getting unleashed on prostates, a discovery likely to make men everywhere cross their legs. However, our future robot overlords may be gentle with us — it turns out surgery on your prostate that involves [...]
50 Robotic surgeries! No other hospital in Mumbai can claim that but AHI! 1 comment
50!!! This April, Asian Hospitals completed 50 robotic surgeries with the new da Vinci Si Surgical System with Simulator. Always known for providing the best cardiac services in India, and performing some of the most high-risk cases in the country, AHI now extends its arms beyond cardiac care. And the number 50 is a witness [...]
Corrective surgery for ALCAPA in a 35 year old man: a life re-energised! Leave a comment
Vikram Bhangale, 35, of Mumbai, was referred by Dr Rajiv Karnik for corrective surgery for ALCAPA on August 12, 2011. Case history given by Doctor: Patient is a known case of anomalous location of coronary artery arising from Pulmonary Artery since birth, with mild hypertension and a history of gout with associated pain occasionally in ankles. [...]
Another watershed surgery at AHI. Leave a comment
65 year old Khurrum Khan Choudhary, Bangladeshi, hale and hearty after Bypass Surgery & Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stenting Case history given by Doctor: Patient complained of chest heaviness and breathlessness on exertion and irregular heartbeat since 1993. This condition increased in 2006. Patient suffers from back pain and ankle edema. He has undergone a angiography [...]
Defusing an aneurysm, and making a little history in Mumbai.. Leave a comment
BACKGROUND: What is an aneurysm? An aneurysm is an area of a localized widening (dilation) of a blood vessel. An aortic aneurysm is a general term for any swelling (dilation or aneurysm) of the aorta, usually representing an underlying weakness in the wall of the aorta at that location. Once an aneurysm reaches 5 cm. [...]
