Scarless Magnified Advanced Robotic Kidney Transplantation (SMART) is a minimally invasive surgery in which the entire kidney transplant surgery is done with very small, buttonhole incisions, achieving better results and recovery than open kidney transplantation. The patient’s recovery after a robotic kidney transplant as compared to the traditional open kidney transplant procedure is generally quicker, uneventful and complete within a very short span of time.
Meliora Kidney Institute is one of the leading and pioneering centres in India, providing the finest facilities and results after a robotic kidney transplant. Our stellar team is led by renowned Urologist transplant surgeon Dr. Priyadarshi Ranjan, who has performed more than a thousand transplants and has been continuously delivering results par excellence. Performing Robotic-Assisted Kidney Transplant (RAKT) since 2017, Dr Ranjan is among the top ten surgeons recognised globally as a frontline surgeon in this field.
Six decades back, traditional open kidney transplant surgery was one of the most surgically challenging procedures and it had no major improvements for a long time. With the advent and evolution of Robotic surgery over the past decade, more and more specialised Urologists are getting trained and specialised in kidney transplantation. There is substantial improvement in the success rates of kidney transplant in terms of pain, loss of blood, fatigue, scarring, surgical complications and hospital stay. The results after a RAKT transplant procedure have revolutionised the overall outcomes in kidney transplantation.
The magnificently created Davinci robotic surgical system is used by our skilled team of transplant specialists. This team is led by one of the most experienced and highly qualified urologist transplant surgeons with an experience of more than a thousand kidney transplants. The robot offers up to 10 times magnification than a traditional transplant, enhancing the surgical precision ten fold. The SMART surgery is significantly more accurate than the naked eye. The flexibility of robotic arms and instruments enable the surgeon to suture the blood vessels in a more precise manner than ever. Overall, it provides the most successful results after a kidney transplant.
The SMART transplant has been successful in minimising the surgical complications related to a transplant such as pain, blood loss, wound infections, hernia formation and muscle weakness. You can barely see the incision after three months and surgical site infection rates are almost close to zero. Most of the patients start eating the next day and are not bound to the hospital bed one day after transplant. This type of kidney transplant has also been safely conducted in a number of patients who are obese, diabetic or heart patients.
The entire procedure is done using tiny buttonhole incisions, minimising the trauma to the body. Thus, the healing is better and quicker as compared to a traditional open transplant, where the incision may stretch up to 20-25 cms. Since no muscles are cut, the blood loss is minimised too. Most patients are able to be up and around the very first day after transplantation.
Unlike the traditional transplant where the recovery process is longer, an RAKT transplantation patient recovers way quicker. The SMART incision used to place the kidney inside is hardly 5 cm, smartly positioned in the lower part of the body. No muscles are actually cut during the procedure which means the trauma to the body is minimal. The painkiller requirement is very low as compared to an open transplant too.
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