The Oncorad Group, a leading provider of cancer prevention and treatment solutions, successfully conducted the first robotic surgeries in Africa for prostatectomy and nephrectomy treatment on Wednesday in Casablanca, Morocco, according to Morocco’s News Agency (MAP).
“Morocco has reached a significant milestone in the medical field with the successful completion of its first robot-assisted surgeries,” Samlali Redouane, CEO of Oncorad stated. “These procedures represent a pivotal shift in the country’s surgical practices.”
Samlali, who is also a doctor and professor of radiotherapy, believes that robotic surgery will revolutionize Morocco’s surgical performances and procedures enabling highly skilled surgeons to leverage and enhance their abilities.
“Robotic surgery offers surgeons a range of advantages over conventional methods, including enhanced precision, flexibility, and control . . . It allows instruments to rotate 360 degrees, a capability that surpasses human hands,” he explained.
This technology offers significant benefits to both patients and healthcare professionals. It ensures positive and improved surgical outcomes by allowing specialists to reduce fatigue and improve accuracy through remote control, while ensuring positive and advanced results with 3D imaging technology that provides clear visualization of vessels, nerves, and tissues, thus improving surgical outcomes in the country.
Wednesday’s operations entailed a radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer (removal of the prostate) and a partial nephrectomy (removal of a kidney tumor while preserving the kidney), Dr. Youness Ahallal–urological surgeon at Nice University Hospital–stated. Ahallal, incidentally, was the chief surgeon for both operations.
Ahallal, who is also an expert and instructor in robotic surgeries, commented on the benefits of this technology. “It offers a 3D visual system for depth perception and organ images, enabling specialists to control machine actions with precision, thereby preserving the patient’s organs.”