Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi have recently performed the first robotic procedure in the GCC region that involved installation of a battery-powered gastric pacemaker for the treatment of gastroparesis. Gastroparesis is the process that prevents normal emptying of stomach due to damage to the nerve that controls gastric emptying process. The complexity of this disease is further increased by its difficulty in diagnosis.
In this condition, the patients suffer from nausea, impaired digestion and gastric pain after meals, and can even experience significant weight loss. Gastroparesis is also a known complication of diabetes In the robotic surgery, the pacemaker provides small electrical charges to stimulate contraction in the affected muscles . In addition, this minimally invasive procedure provides easy external control of strength and frequency of the charges as per…
