Robotic Surgery Philippines

Finally Robotic Surgery is available in the Philippines.

Unless you are a man from Krypton, suffering from a major illness once or twice in your lifetime will be inevitable. Even the most seemingly healthy person with all the exercise and “right food” will come down with something when that person hits middle age. Some get ill at a younger age, especially those who have “inherited” certain conditions from their parents or ancestors. Not until recently, surgery is almost always the last recourse for the lot of us because surgery is painful. Painful for the body as well as the finances. With traditional surgery, you will be in the hospital for weeks, some maybe even months. Though initial costs are lower than robotic surgery, the final cost will eventually equal, if not surpass robotic surgery, if you include the cost of the lengthy hospital stay, incidental expenses and lost income/ opportunities. Guaranteed, robotic surgery will do the same thing as traditional surgery, but will also have you up and about in three days after the operation. On the fourth day or earlier, you will be strong enough to hail your own cab. By the following Monday, you will be strong enough to return to the office and after another week, it will all be a memory, sans the illness.

Dr. Rebecca Singson: surgeon with a vision

Dr. Singson is one of the doctors who is known to be ahead of her time. She is a highly-renowned gynecologist and one of the few doctors in the Philippines internationally accredited to even operate the Da Vince Si surgical robot, which is the only one in operation here in the Philippines at the St. Luke’s Medical Center at the Global City, Taguig. Along with her surgery team, she also does cancer surgery, among her usual gynecological duties of hysterectomies (removal of the uterus) and mymectomies (removal of myomas). Also if a woman wants to get pregnant, Dr. Singson is also your best bet. Graduating with honors at the University of the Philippines, Dr. Singson is a pioneer in the use of the Da Vinci system for surgeries that would otherwise be near-fatal for diabetics, older people and those with existing conditions who may not survive open surgery.

SLMC invested US$ 2.6 Million to make this technology available to the Pinoy.

Fast recovery: the gift of Robotic Surgery

Why choose robotic surgery? The speed of recovery is phenomenal. Never before has there been any kind of procedure that actually allowed you to heal weeks faster compared to being hacked open. You lose less blood during the procedure, because the robotic arms are very precise. Compared to traditional laparoscopy, the robotic surgeon gets to see a highly magnified picture of the area being operated on, effectively avoiding the cutting of blood vessels that might cause terrible bleeding. Plus there are four robotic arms compared to the laparoscopic surgeon’s two, with the robotic arms having a more flexible range of motion, even far more than the human hand. It’s like having equally knowledgeable helpers around, but the surgeon is not near the patient during all this. The distance lessens the incidence of infection.

Robotic surgery may just be the technology you need to save your life. For more information, call:

St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City
32nd Street and 5th Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Metro Manila
Room 305, Medical Arts Building
Tel No.: +632-789-7700 loc. 7305
Direct Line: +639178003446
Clinic hours: Mon/Tues/ Thurs 2-4PM/ Fri 4-6PM