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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.

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