‘Can’t be inaccurate’: how 2 tiny robot arms could halve digestive cancer surgery time
In the final instalment of a four-part Health Matters wellness series on frontier medicine in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Cheung examines a dual-arm surgical robot that could remove gastrointestinal tumours in about half the usual time, and the hurdles between its first human trials and wider patient access. Ho Man-wai underwent a colonoscopy in late August, during which doctors identified three polyps…
A new surgical device developed by Professor Philip Chiu Wai-yan could cut the time needed for colonoscopy surgery to remove gastrointestinal tumours by half. The EndoR Surgical System, which entered clinical trials, features two small robotic arms that can navigate and perform dissection within the gastrointestinal tract without making any incisions.
While the device is currently being tested on patients with colorectal cancer in Hong Kong, its developers hope to expand its use to early-stage tumours in other parts of the body, such as the stomach and oesophagus.
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