SS Innovations has announced a landmark achievement, revealing that surgeons have successfully performed the world’s first pediatric pyeloplasty telesurgery using its SSi Mantra surgical robotic system.
The procedure was carried out by Chandra Mohan Vaddi at Preeti Urology & Kidney Hospitals on a 16-month-old patient in Hyderabad, while he remotely controlled the system from SS Innovations’ headquarters in Gurugram, nearly 1,000 miles away.
“Our SSi Mantra surgical robotic system continues to lead the way in pioneering new telesurgeries across procedure types. We are thankful for the work of the team members at Preeti Hospital and Dr. Chandra Mohan Vaddi, who utilized the SSi Mantra to perform the world’s first pediatric pyeloplasty telesurgery,” said Sudhir Srivastava, CEO of SS Innovations. “Compared to traditional methods, robotic surgery affords the potential to be more precise, less invasive with smaller incisions, less painful, and quicker with faster recovery times—all important considerations in both the pediatric space and in general surgery.”
This milestone follows SS Innovations’ recent achievements, including the first intercontinental robotic cardiac telesurgery and the first robotic telesurgery for weight loss in July, as well as the first robotic cardiac surgeries in the Americas using the SSi Mantra 3 in June.
The SSi Mantra is a modular, multi-arm robotic platform with three to five robotic arms, an open-faced surgeon console, and a large 3D 4K monitor. It supports over 40 robotic endo-surgical instruments and includes a vision cart that provides the surgical team with the same magnified 3D view as the surgeon. The system has been clinically validated in India across more than 100 types of surgical procedures.
So far, over 50 telesurgeries have been completed using the system across specialties such as pediatric, cardiac, urology, gynecology, oncology, and general surgery. Some procedures have been conducted at distances of up to 4,000 miles.
Looking ahead, the company plans to enhance the SSi Mantra’s pediatric capabilities by developing smaller instruments, aiming to expand access to robotic surgery in underserved regions.