Surgical Robots Assist in Complex Pediatric Procedures in Russia

With robotic-assisted tools powered by AI, Russian surgeons are performing delicate operations on children with unprecedented precision.

Russian hospitals are increasingly turning to robotic assistants for high-stakes surgeries, especially in pediatric care. In the Irkutsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital, two successful robotic-assisted operations were performed in a single day.

One of the patients was a young boy suffering from severe pain caused by a large cyst pressing on his right kidney. The robot aided the surgeon throughout a full cystectomy procedure. This collaboration between the surgeon and AI allowed for a precise and careful removal of the cyst, relieving the kidney from compression.

The second case involved a child with gallstone disease. A stone lodged in the bile ducts had triggered jaundice. Here, the robot-assisted system enabled a flawless cholecystectomy—removal of the gallbladder—with careful monitoring of the ducts and surrounding blood vessels.

Medical professionals emphasize that while the two conditions and procedures were entirely different, both illustrate how Russian AI technologies are delivering top-tier surgical accuracy. Robotic surgery in Russia is no longer a rare novelty—it is rapidly becoming an essential and routine part of modern healthcare.