{"id":10762,"date":"2023-11-06T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/urology\/?p=10762"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:27:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:27:03","slug":"pioneering-unc-urologist-employs-advanced-minimally-invasive-robotic-surgeries-for-pediatric-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/urology\/pioneering-unc-urologist-employs-advanced-minimally-invasive-robotic-surgeries-for-pediatric-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneering ºÚÁÏÍø Urologist Employs Advanced, Minimally Invasive \u201cRobotic\u201d Surgeries For Pediatric Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Dr. Hans Arora<\/a> recently performed two particularly complex urologic surgeries simultaneously on a young patient, he utilized the most advanced techniques and robotic tools available. As a result, the child experienced far less discomfort than with a traditional \u201copen\u201d procedure, had several very small \u00bd-inch scars vs. one large 12-inch scar the length of her abdomen, and went home in less than two days instead of spending five to seven days in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Success stories like this are one reason that the use of pediatric robotic urologic surgeries are quickly increasing. <\/p>\n

Among academic medical centers, ºÚÁÏÍø Urology continues to take a leadership role in providing robotic pediatric surgical procedures when appropriate, as well as more traditional pediatric surgeries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did 25 robotic pediatric urology surgeries in 2022, are on track to do about 40 in 2023, and expect those numbers to continue to rapidly increase in the future,\u201d said Hans Arora, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology and Director of Pediatric Robotic Surgery at ºÚÁÏÍø in Chapel Hill. He specializes in minimally-invasive surgical techniques including robotic surgery for both benign and malignant conditions in children and adults.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An innovator in his field, Dr. Arora performs more of these procedures per year than any other urologist in Eastern North Carolina, and probably within the state. Dr. Arora has also published data on robotic surgeries in medical journals and has spoken on the topic at professional seminars.<\/p>\n

Performing pediatric robotic surgeries \u2013 ranging from relatively simple to complex \u2013 requires specialized training and equipment. In recent years, pediatric urology has benefitted from a similar trend in adult urology, in which many procedures are increasingly being performed robotically.<\/p>\n