Patients at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust are recovering quicker after robotic-assisted surgeries.
The Trust, which manages Shropshire's main hospitals, started using the da Vinci XI robotic surgery system in June 2023.
This system assists in treating colorectal, urological, and gynaecological diseases.
Robotic-assisted surgery is a form of keyhole surgery that allows surgeons to perform major operations with more precision than traditional methods.
It has been used on more than 200 patients at the Trust, which operates Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.
It is helping to reduce the time patients spend in hospital after complex pelvic operations for both cancerous and non-cancerous conditions.
About 80 per cent of patients having a robotic hysterectomy at the Trust are able to go home the same day.
Ninety-five per cent are discharged within 24 hours.
Dr John Jones, Executive Medical Director at the Trust, said: "It’s great to see robotic-assisted surgery making such a positive difference for our patients and colleagues since we began using it in 2023.
"Our highly skilled surgical teams have embraced this innovative technology and performed over 200 robotic surgery cases across a range of different specialties, which is a huge achievement."
He noted that the benefits include quicker recoveries, fewer complications, and some patients no longer needing to travel outside the area for their procedures.
Mr Adam Farquharson, who performs robotic surgery at the Trust, said: "Robotic-assisted surgery allows us to perform major, complex operations for bowel, prostate, kidney, and women’s health conditions, giving patients a faster recovery.
"This means they can return to normal activity or move to their next stage of treatment quickly and with less impact on their body function."
He described how the robotic system is operated from a surgeon console, which uses hand movements to control instruments on a separate device connected to the patient.
These instruments provide a very controlled action that enhances the dexterity of a human hand but with greater precision.
Mr Farquharson added: "As well as benefitting our patients, robotic-assisted surgery has created a lot of enthusiasm in the Trust, and we now have an expert theatre team that carries out all of the robotic surgery cases."
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