The number of medical experts using robotic approach to perform various surgeries is increasing continuously. Various medical experts opine that the use of robot during surgery helps in resolving medical complications.

The study led by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell's Dr. Douglas Scherr has proved the benefits of robotic surgery for kidney cancer. The researchers affirm that the robotic approach helps in faster recoveries along with surgical precision. It also reduces the time period of hospital stay.

The study team performed this surgery with help of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci® Surgical System. In this surgery, the surgeon makes five to six small incisions in the abdomen, through which surgical instruments and a tiny stereoscopic camera are inserted.

The surgeon creates a new channel for urine to pass from the body after removal of the bladder.

Dr. Scherr said, "Our research found that patients treated with robotic surgery had just as good a cancer outcome as those individuals treated at the same center with traditional open surgery."