The Vattikuti Foundation, a non-profit corporation committed in making robotic surgery and other technologically advanced medical procedures of the future cost effective and available to underprivileged communities, will perform robotic surgery with the team of doctors headed by Dr Mani Menon across various cities in India including New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai.

The benefits of the surgery for the patients includes a shorter hospital stay, lesser pain, less risk of infection and lesser blood loss in addition to fewer transfusions, lesser scarring, faster recovery and a quicker return to normal daily activities. The biggest USP of this surgery is effortless maneuvering and brilliant visualization. Surgical robots hold significant promise and have already proven to be of great value, particularly in areas inaccessible to conventional laparoscopic procedures.

Surgical robots are gradually making their way into the Indian operation theatres. It is a new and exciting emerging technology that is taking the surgical profession by storm. It is an established practice abroad which is now slowly gaining momentum in India. Robot-assisted surgery is performed with the da Vinci Surgical System the most innovative, minimally invasive surgical platform in the world that is already making waves. It has proven to have various advantages over the conventional methods of surgery. The process has greater surgical precision, increased range of motion, improved dexterity, enhanced visualization and improved access for the surgeon.

For the surgery, the Foundation has partnered with various institutes in several cities which are as follows- Medanta-Vattikuti Institute of Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gurgaon; Apollo Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery in Chennai; KIMS Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery in Hyderabad; Manipal Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery in Bangalore; Apollo Gleneagles Institute of Robotic Surgery in Kolkata and Vattikuti Asian Institute of Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Mumbai.

The Vattikuti Foundation serves both the local community in Southeast Michigan as well as causes in India and other parts of the world. The Foundation will establish several such centers across the world for the overall growth of robotic and other innovative minimally invasive surgery as a discipline.