Internal Reference Number: FOI_8647
Date Request Received: 15/05/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/06/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Emergency Robotic Surgery in General Surgery.
Request Category: Students (Educational)
| Question Number 1: Emergency Robotic Surgery in General Surgery. - To elaborate emergency general surgery would include robotic assisted operations in any of: Acute surgical diseases of the abdomen, mesenteric ischaemia, appendectomies, cholecystectomies, hernias, bowel obstruction, adhesiolysis, diverticular disease, diverticulitis, incarceration, perforation, peritonitis, and acute conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. If possible, I would like to make an FOI request to obtain the following information email for the time period of 2023-2025: The total numbers of Emergency general surgery operations performed between January 1st 2023-January 1st 2025. Broken down by: Open, laparoscopic and robotic. For robotic surgeries please can this be further broken down into the type of robot in use for each operation (e.g. include Da Vinci, Versius, Freehand). | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to Q1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the spreadsheet attached To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_8647 Q1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Emergency Robotic Surgery in General Surgery - FOR ISSUE.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: Type and numbers of robot available in your trust and used in emergency general surgery cases (Examples include Da Vinci, Versius, Freehand, Soloassist, Microhand S, AESOP, Zeus). | |
| Answer To Question 2: 1 x Versius V-SS-1000 robot Unknown if used in Emergency but confirmed to be used in Planned Surgeries | |
| Question Number 3: The total numbers of Emergency general surgery operations performed between January 1st 2023-January 1st 2025 occurring during out of hours (weekends, nights) | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see attached excel sheet | |
| Question Number 4: Number of robotic general surgery cases (both emergency and elective) performed between January 1st 2023-January 1st 2025. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see attached excel sheet | |
| Question Number 5: Number the following operations performed between January 1st 2023-January 1st 2025. Broken down by: Open, laparoscopic and robotic (with robotic surgeries further broken down into type of robot used if applicable) 1. cholecystectomies 2. laparotomies 3. Laparoscopies 4. appendectomies 5. hernia repairs 6. Hartmann鈥檚 procedures 7. Adhesiolysis 8. Small bowel resection | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see attached excel sheet | |
| Question Number 6: Mean length of stay of patients who have undergone the following performed between January 1st 2023-January 1st 2025. Broken down by: Open, laparoscopic and robotic. 1. cholecystectomies 2. laparotomies 3. Laparoscopies 4. appendectomies 5. hernia repairs 6. Hartmann鈥檚 procedures 7. Adhesiolysis 8. Small bowel resection | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please see attached excel sheet | |
| Question Number 7: The number and type of complications that occurred in robotic general surgery cases between January 1st 2023-January 1st 2025. Including but not limited to conversions to another type of surgery, device-related complications, injury to surrounding structures or tissue, serums, infection, leakage, hernias, mortality. | |
| Answer To Question 7: 11 colorectal cases in that time period 1 patient converted to an open operation 1 prolonged ileus 1 UTI 1 anastomotic leak Median length of stay 4.5 days | |
| Question Number 8: Number of staff trained to assist with robotic cases. | |
| Answer To Question 8: Currently all first assistants are medical doctors, of which there are now 3, all consultants. | |
| Question Number 9: The average (Over 4 weeks) number of staff trained to assist in robotic surgery available out of hours (weekends/nights). | |
| Answer To Question 9: 0 | |
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