IN its bid to bring to Nigeria Robotic Gynaecological Surgeries as well as reduce the trend of medical tourism occasioned by the quest for world-class treatment by most Nigerians, a United States of American- based Nigerian doctor and President, Obgyne Consultants, Macon, Georgia, USA, Dr. Bola Sogade, has proposed to establish a world class obstetrics and gynaecology Centre in Nigeria. 

 

The Centre which would be known as Obgyne Consultants Africa Projects and situated in Lagos, will offer cutting-edge surgery and health care services, education, training, research and development, for the benefit of African women. 

 

Sogade, a Robotic Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, regretted the many mismanaged surgeries in Nigeria, saying surgery all over the world had gone beyond the way it was done decades back from big incisions to little incisions and shorter admission and healing periods. 

 

Sogade who has performed an average of 300 robotic surgeries and thousands of obstetric deliveries and complex gynaecological procedures with excellent track record of zero percent maternal mortality, in Macon, Georgia, said aggressive ways of performing surgeries have emerged which accords smaller incisions and the result being lesser blood loss, less chance of infection and quicker recovery time. 

 

 

Speaking at a media parley in Lagos, she said her organisation tends to bring to Nigeria, the latest evolution in surgical technology, Da Vinci Surgery System and Monalisa Touch with minimally invasive surgery in which surgeons operate through just a few small incisions. 

 

"This features a magnified 3D high definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater that the human wrist. It enables the woman to operate with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control." 

 

She explained that with Robotic equipment, the surgeon is 100 percent in control of the system, which translates his or her hand movement into smaller; more precise movements of tiny instrument inside the body. Soqade stated that a woman can only be cut only when she has proper indication for a Caesarean Section. 

 

"It is my desire to bring this technology down to the country so that people can stop travelling very far to access it and also to help other women who need it but don't have the resources to travel." 

 

Robotic surgery can be used to treat fibroids that cannot be treated with medications; check to know the fertility status of a woman and not puncturie the scar tissue and removal of endometriosis to aid a woman get pregnant;. 

 

The procedure also looks for diagnostic purposes when women experience pain, oncology cases, among others

 

By Chioma Obinna 

Vanguard