The Vistahermosa Clinic Surgery Team has performed, in the High definition operating room of the Vistahermosa Clinic, a rectal tumor operation that reduces recovery time from 10 to 2 days.
Until now, this type of operations was carried out in two ways:
- Through an abdominal incision
- By laparoscopic surgery
Now, through a device placed in the anus, called Vats, the Vistahermosa surgery equipment manages to introduce the laparoscopy instruments to extract the tumor through the rectum channel No need for cuts or incisions In the patient's body.
The advantages of this type of operation are several: on the one hand, the recovery days of 10 to 2 are reduced, which leaves a 80% improvement improvement; The aggressiveness of the operation is also considerably reduced since the patient must not be made; I also know Avoid colostomy or temporary stool bag. This technique also does not need transfusions at the time of the operation, so the patient's risk is minimized; And finally, and not less important, the patient can feed orally the same day of the operation.
This type of operations is only carried out in two hospitals in Barcelona and Valencia since it requires specific training and extensive experience in laparoscopic technique to be able to address the process with guarantees and security.
The surgical activity of the Surgery Service of the Vistahermosa Clinic reaches the 1200 annual interventions, covering each and every one of the possible subspecialties in the field of General Surgery. The team is made up of doctors Emilio Ruiz de la Cuesta, José María Lloret Spirit, Esther Grace, Javier Espinosa, Vanesa Maturana and Celia Villodre.
