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Article: AIIMS, Asia's first: Robotic surgery for bladder cancer

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August 20, 2006
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NEW DELHI, India, Aug 20 -- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) scored another first by performing Asia's first robotic surgery for urinary bladder cancer on Saturday. After the success of the robotic surgery on a 42-year-old man, the procedure will be repeated on another patients on Monday.

The procedure, known as Robotic Radical Cystoprostatectomy (RRCP) is arguably the most difficult operation in urologic surgery."It is a complicated procedure but I have done this in USA and Egypt before. Robotic surgery reduces pain, blood loss and the patient can be discharged within 2-3 days of the operation," said ...

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