Mid Yorks hits 2,000 robotic surgeries milestone | News

Over 2,000 robotic surgeries have now taken place at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, at our Pinderfields and Dewsbury District hospitals.

Robotic surgery offers significant benefits over traditional open surgery, including faster recovery times, shorter hospital stays, less post-operative pain, and reduced scarring.

Using advanced, minimally invasive techniques, surgeons achieve greater precision, dexterity, and 3D visualisation, which reduces blood loss, lowers infection risks, and allows patients to return to daily activities quicker. 

Kay Duxbury, Director of Operations for the Division of Surgery, said:

Between 2019 and 2025 there have been 1,685 robotic surgeries at Pinderfields and 340 robotic surgeries at Dewsbury. This achievement reflects not only our commitment to innovation and clinical excellence, but also the dedication, skill, and collaboration shown by every member of the team. The adoption and expansion of robotic surgery has been a significant step forward for our services and, most importantly, for the quality of care we provide to our patients.

Between May 2019 and February 2025 there have been 1,685 robotic surgeries at Pinderfields and 340 robotic surgeries at Dewsbury, making 2,025 in total.

In July 2023, a brand-new state of the art da Vinci X surgical robot was used at Dewsbury District Hospital to perform a laparoscopy to remove a section of a patients’ colon, as a treatment for bowel cancer, a procedure which took around three to four hours.

In February 2024 Mid Yorks surgeons successfully carried out ‘retzius sparing’ robotic surgery for the treatment of prostate cancer for the first time in Yorkshire.

And in April 2024, our surgeons operated on husband and wife Mike and Julie Hirst who were the first patients in Yorkshire to have weight loss surgery using a robot.

We are also the first centre in Yorkshire to offer a comprehensive robotic retroperitoneal programme for partial nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy and pyeloplasty with over 100 retroperitoneal procedures performed.