Human body is one of the most complicated machine of the world. Any kind of damage to any organ can affect the overall working system of the body.
Liver is one of the
largest organ of the body which has a range of functions. It plays an
important role in metabolism, helps in the decomposition of red blood
cells, glycogen storage, detoxification, hormone production, etc.
Any
kind of damage to liver can lead one to death. However there is a
treatment to save life by replacing the damaged liver with the
healthy one and this treatment is popularly known as 'liver
transplantation'. Liver transplantation
is also known as hepatic transplantation.
There exist two types
of liver transplant surgery.
- Open surgery processed through surgeon hands and robotic transplant surgery.
- Robotic surgery has brought up a new era.
Robotic liver transplant surgery has an advantage over hands & fingers liver transplantation. In Robotic Liver Surgery the robots hands work via small 5-10 mm holes which eliminate the surgical fatigue. As the view in robotic surgery is 3-dimensional so it enables one to visualize smaller nooks and corners which results in easy accessibility of surgery unlike open hand surgery.
Dr. A. S. Soin is
an Indian doctor well-known as a famous Liver Transplant Surgeon in
the world for his pioneer work. He is the first successful surgeon of
India for robotic liver transplantation surgery. According to Dr. A.
S. Soin, "Robotic liver transplant enhances the safety with
minimum discomfort to the patient as the instruments used in Robotic
Liver Surgery have a better range of movements". The operation
was held in Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon by Dr A S Soin and his
team members