Tuesday First robotic surgery in China a success

A patient suffering from numbness in his legs and left hand received robotic surgery, the first such surgery in China.

The 42-year-old man underwent surgery on Jan 3 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University lasting half an hour, with a wound measuring only 1 centimeter that had limited bleeding.

He was able to get up from bed the next day and recover within one week. This is faster than with regular surgery, where the general recovery duration could last two to three weeks due to the potential for more extensive bleeding.

Tianji is China’s third-generation homegrown orthopedic surgical robot and the world’s first robot to perform an operation on all sections of a spine, pelvis and limbs.

The robot acts as an assistant to the surgeons. Compatible with multimodality imaging, its state-of-the-art planning software assists the surgeon to create comprehensive surgical blueprints for spine and trauma procedures.

The China-made robot costs $2.31 million.

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