Robotic da Vinci prostatectomy in Robotic Surgery Center in St. Zdislava Hospital

St. Zdislava Hospital in figures

• 199 employees of medical staff
• 149 beds
• 2,400 inpatients served per year
• over 2,000 surgeries annually.

Robotic Surgery Center

The center has been working at Zdislava since 2007. Over 1,100 robotic surgical interventions are made annually.

Specialists conduct all the robotic operations using original Da Vinci robot produced by Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

The Center provides:

• Radical prostatectomy
• Partial kidney resection
• Pyeloplasty
• Removal of adrenal gland
• Reconstruction of the urinary tract after injury
• Removal of the urinary bladder while maintaining continence
• Elimination of a large volume of adenoma in the prostate.

Robotic prostatectomy

St. Zdislava's Hospital is the European leader in the number of robotic prostatectomies (removal of the prostate gland) — the Zdislava medical team performs 500 operations annually.

The robotic surgery has the following benefits:

• Minimizes blood loss
• Gentle handling of tissues (punctures instead of incisions)
• Has short-term hospitalization
• Preserves urogenital function

The Zdislava team of robotic surgeons. From left to right: Dr. Azat Khamzin, Dr. Jaroslav Tvaruzek, Dr. Igor Simonik, Dr. Jan Dolezel, Dr. Jiří Bonaventura, Dr. Zdenek Eber.

Department of Complicated Orthopedic Surgery and Endoposthesis

The Zdislava team has provided over 6,000 surgeries for treating patients with degenerative diseases of the large joints, of whom more than 700 are performed annually. More than 1,200 orthopedic operations are performed each year. Physicians have a surgical computer-aided navigation system and a wide range of the latest generation implants, with all types and sizes of implants from European companies being always available in the operating room: Zimmer-Biomet, Mathys, Lima and Johnson & Johnson (including ceramics).

Since most of the certified implants used in modern medicine are anatomically close to the natural joint structure, they have undergone decades of quality testing and all muscles remain intact and naturally embrace the new joint, the patient will get on their feet the day after the surgery.

During rehabilitation, the patient undergoes daily individual therapy sessions with a physiotherapist, practices walking with a nurse in the ward, undergoes active and passive training on equipment and massages according to the physician‘s recommendation.

The Department offers the following procedures:

• Total hip replacement surgery
• Total knee replacement surgery
• Total knee replacement surgery for both legs
• Total hip replacement surgery for both hips
• Total hip replacement revision surgery
• Total knee replacement revision surgery
• Reverse shoulder replacement surgery.

Leading Zdislava specialists

Dr. Jaroslav Tvaruzek is a recommended specialist for surgeries on Da Vinci robot by the producer of robotic system Intuitive Surgical (the USA). The doctor manages the Center of Robotic Surgery. The specialist has performed over 3,100 robotic surgeries since 2007. Dr. Tvaruzek makes approx. 200 prostatectomies and 50 bariatric procedures annually.

Dr. Azat Hamzin is an onco-urologist with the experience over 15 years, is a member of European Association of Urology. The doctor specializes in the treatment of urogenital diseases surgically. Dr. Hamzin performs a removal of prostate gland using Da Vinci robot.

Services for patients

The hospital provides patients from abroad complete services:

• welcome at the airport
• transportation
• pre-operative consultation and examination, preparation for surgery
• surgery
• rehabilitation
• therapy
• meals and drinks.

Payment is made prior to being admitted to the hospital at the clinic cash desk in cash in EUR or by credit card. No additional expenses are required.

The hospital has a state-of-the-art resuscitation and intensive care unit, its own laboratory, specialists in geriatric medicine and cardiology outpatient care, allowing it to accommodate patients with severe concomitant diseases and special care requirements, as well as patients with increased operational risks (osteomyelitis, diabetes, heart defects, advanced age).

The hall in the Orthopedic Department at St. Zdislava

The single premium rooms offer everything needed for patients with reduced mobility, including a multi-functional bed, a communication system with the nurse, a comfortable multi-functional table – a table, wheelchair accessible sanitary facilities, a TV, the Internet, a bathrobe, towels, a spacious wardrobe for personal belongings and corner cubby for visitors. Each patient in the hospital is offered the possibility of an individual diet plan.

The ward at St. Zdislava