A mechanical arm designed to precisely define the surgical trajectory of the instruments, maintaining exactly the desired position and angle, which reduces surgery time, is used to perform these procedures, as well as a piece of otological equipment to make the operations atraumatic, according to a medical report.

The note issued by the Santa Maria Hospital, in the city of Siena, in the central region of Toscana, specifies that so far there have been three successful interventions of this type, performed by the Otorhinolaryngology Department of that health center, a service directed by specialist Marco Mandala.

“The first postoperative results show the total preservation of residual hearing, an ítem that predisposes patients to better-hearing results with cochlear implants,” Mandala said in statements published on the website of the Toscana Notizie newspaper.

“With this new technology, we can introduce, with slow movements and a completely controlled trajectory, obtaining a highly atraumatic and consistent insertion, up to the cochlear apex,” he said.

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