Hospital 12 de Octubre operates robotic surgery on a 10-month-old baby, the smallest in Spain with this technology

With only 10 months and only eight kilos of weight, the little one who suffered a problem of urine circulation that caused recurrent infections has been intervened in the...

The Public University Hospital 12 de Octubre de la Comunidad de Madrid has used robotic surgery to operate a baby of 10 months and only eight kilos of weight, which presented a problem of urine circulation that caused recurrent infections. It is the youngest patient intervened in Spain so far with this technology, which has also recovered quickly without complications.The small one had a high degree vesicoureteral reflux, a serious problem that …

The University Hospital 12 de Octubre de la Comunidad de Madrid has used robotic surgery to operate on a baby of 10 months and only eight kilos of weight, who had a problem of urine circulation that caused recurrent infections. From the Health Department, they explain that it is the youngest patient intervened in Spain so far with this technology. The child, they detail, has recovered quickly without complications.

Reducing the possible side effects of a high-precision surgery , in which the surgeon’s pulse and visual field can be decisive for its success, is one of the achievements of robotic surgery that, in the case of Madrid public health, is already implemented in adults and minors. But when the patient has a few months of life and a reduced weight, the complexity of the process and the risk increase significantly. That barrier, however, has just brok…

This achievement opens up new possibilities for the treatment of young children with very low weights.

Its arms eliminate human tremor and the 3D high definition camera generates a wider view of the surgical field, fundamental in anatomy such as pediatric