Two surgical procedures for the treatment of complex pelvic organ prolapse, assisted by the Da Vinci robot were recently performed at Hadassah Ein Kerem by Dr. David Shveiky and Dr. Avi Ben Shushan for the first time in Israel.
The first surgery was performed on a 40 year old woman who had a superservical hysterectomy and suspension of the top of the vagina to the sacrum (tail bone) using synthetic mesh. On the second surgery, a 38 years old woman, who desired to preserve her uterus, had a uterine suspension to the sacrum by synthetic mesh. Both surgeries were successful, and both women were discharged after 48 hours in good condition.
Over 70,000 similar surgeries are performed each year in the United States; most of them are done using a traditional wide-incision abdominal surgery. "These surgeries are very successful in terms of anatomic results; however they have high complications rate. The Da Vinci robot allows us to achieve the same results using a minimally invasive approach that has lower complications rate," explains Dr. Shveiky, "usually these surgeries are offered to young and active women, who are interested in remaining sexually active". Dr Ben Shushan also adds, "The Da Vinci advantage in comparison to an open surgery and a laparoscopic surgery is that the robot allows us better access to the pelvis, as well as quick, easy and accurate suturing".
Hadassah Medical Organization is the leading organization in performing minimally invasive surgeries in Israel. In the past two years many urological, general surgery and gynecologic procedures were successfully performed at Hadassah.