BUSINESS of the new console surgeon with the assistant to one of the Case Observation Centres follows. There are several centres of this kind in Europe, and Nový Jičín Hospital (Nemocnice Nový Jičín a.s.) is one of them. The surgeons themselves choose the centre where they practise: in the Case Observation Centre, the trainee robotic team observes actual surgical proceedings, with step-by-step commentary. The final stage is (usually) repetitive visits of the proctor in the department of the new robotic colorectal team. Quite often the proctor revisits this department after about ten independent surgeries performed by the team to evaluate the surgeon’s technique, and to suggest and recommend some tips and tricks. Robotic surgery is performed with the latest robotic instrument da Vinci® Xi, the current leader among robotic surgical instruments. Will you introduce this fascinating system? The robotic system da Vinci® Xi belongs to a family of robotic instruments of the fourth generation. Unlike previous generations, its enhanced scale of four operational arms allows surgeries to be performed in all quadrants of the abdominal cavity when docked. The console surgeon therefore becomes a four-handed surgeon. The ergonomics of the instruments allows bending the end part, imitating the mobility of a human wrist, facilitating very precise surgeries in a minimal

space, sensitive to neighbouring anatomical structures. The system with its enhanced 3D HD optics and the options to use cutting-edge surgical technologies has considerably opened the range of implementations, therefore a larger number of patients will potentially benefit from what this modern mini-invasive surgical technology has to offer. The job of a surgeon is undoubtedly one of the most demanding professions. Please tell us how you spend your time off to relax. Where and how do you recharge your batteries? What are your hobbies? A surgeon’s work is extremely time-consuming, and it also demands great physical and mental effort from each and every responsible surgeon. My top priorities include my family, of course. My wife Denisa is an ophthalmologist, my daughter Lucia is in her sixth year at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Palacký University (LF UP) in Olomouc, and Lívia is a student at the bilingual grammar school in Žilina. With them I relax and spend all the time which my demanding lover, surgery, allows. I enjoy being with my extended family and friends too, playing golf and going skiing. I am also fond of history, numismatics, hunting, and good literature. Thank you for the interview. - editorial -

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