Aviation, Space and Technology Festival (TEKNOFEST), of which Anadolu Agency (AA) is the "Global Communication Partner" and carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the T3 Foundation, welcomes its visitors at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport.
Life Health Foundation Board Member Expert Dr. Dürdane Merve Yılmaz Tellioğlu told the AA correspondent that there is a Robotic Surgery Experience Area at their stand in TEKNOFEST Southeast, where young people studying in the field of health as well as assistant and specialist physicians can experience the robotic surgery system.
Stating that robotic surgery is one of the new generation surgical techniques, Tellioğlu said that access to this technology is still limited in many universities both in Türkiye and abroad.
Tellioğlu said, "Here, we offer the opportunity to experience robotic surgery to our doctor candidates who will become healthcare professionals in the future, as well as to our assistant physicians and specialist physicians." he said.
Giving information about the way the robotic surgery system works, Tellioğlu stated that operations performed by human hands can be performed with the same precision through a device.
"We give them appointments because we want them to benefit from the device effectively."
Dürdane Merve Yılmaz Tellioğlu stated that robotic surgery aims to minimize errors that may occur due to hand tremors or similar reasons, especially those caused by the human hand, and noted that in some cases, technology can also provide the opportunity to reach the relevant physician remotely.
Explaining that visitors can use the system one-on-one in the Robotic Surgery Experience Area, Tellioğlu said that they primarily work with an appointment system in order to make the experience more efficient.
Tellioğlu said, "First of all, we give them an appointment because we want them to use the device effectively. Here, the officials related to the device tell them how to use it with training modules. They can use the device here, one-on-one, by spending a long time." he said.
Touching on the advantages that robotic surgery offers over traditional surgery, Tellioğlu stated that, especially in some tumor surgeries, it may be difficult to perform the operations by human hands due to the sensitivity and danger of the tumor area.
Stating that robotic surgery allows more micro-operations to be performed at this point, Tellioğlu said that technology can provide the opportunity to treat more patients.
"Turkish doctors perform the surgeries"
Stating that robotic surgery is already used in Türkiye, Dürdane Merve Yılmaz Tellioğlu stated that the operations are performed by surgeons and professors who are interested in this field, especially at universities.
Tellioğlu said, "There are surgeons and professors who are particularly interested in this issue in our established universities. Surgeries are performed by them. Turkish doctors perform the surgeries." he said.
Pointing out that robotic surgery is a new generation technique, Tellioğlu stated that the technology has a history of approximately 20 years, whereas surgery has a history of thousands of years.
For this reason, Tellioğlu stated that robotic surgery is an area open to development and said that, as the Life Health Foundation, they attach importance to young people being introduced to new technologies at an early age.
Expressing that the foundation aims to enable young people to experience these technologies without any financial concerns or other obstacles, Tellioğlu stated that this will give young people a new horizon.
Tellioğlu continued his speech as follows:
"As the Life Health Foundation, we want our students to be able to access such new technologies without any financial concerns or any obstacles, we want them to be introduced to such devices in order to gain a horizon, and at the same time, we want to provide a horizon for our engineer friends who will develop such new devices."
"Young people who will be health professionals need to be familiar with this technique."
Dürdane Merve Yılmaz Tellioğlu stated that they expect robotic surgery to become more widespread in the future and said that all new technologies arise from needs and have to develop.
Tellioğlu said, "It is a sector that will develop so that many surgeries can be performed more effectively. Therefore, it is a technique that our young Turkish physicians who will become healthcare professionals should be familiar with." made his assessment.
Touching on the importance of explaining technologies to young people and children through experience, Tellioğlu stated that the human brain learns better by experiencing.
Tellioğlu stated that Selçuk Bayraktar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Life Health Foundation, frequently used the phrase "removing obstacles and wedges" and emphasized the importance of young people's direct contact with technologies.
Explaining that they want to remove the obstacles that prevent young people from touching, testing and experiencing technologies, Tellioğlu said that new technologies in the field of health are introduced to young people in line with this understanding.
Tellioğlu said:
"The human brain learns best by experiencing. Our Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Selçuk Bayraktar, also uses the expression of removing these obstacles and wedges. We are very pleased to introduce them to technologies that can enable people to overcome obstacles, touch, test and experience in every field."
Stating that students had the opportunity to experience the device one-on-one under the guidance of officials and instructors in the Robotic Surgery Experience Area, Tellioğlu stated that this was valuable for the students.
Tellioğlu stated that the interest of TEKNOFEST visitors to the Robotic Surgery Experience Area is intense and that appointments are constantly filled.
Dürdane Merve Yılmaz Tellioğlu said, "Our appointments are always full. Even after we close the appointments, there are people who come to the stand in the evening and ask. We try to offer them the opportunity to experience it again without disturbing them." he said.
Stating that they received different questions from visitors about robotic surgery, Tellioğlu stated that the price of the device, its cost per patient, how it is produced and in which surgeries it can be used are among the most curious topics.
Tellioğlu noted that young people also ask whether they can use this technology in their future professional lives and in which areas robotic surgery can be applied.
"There is an effort to improve it in terms of usage"
Stating that they hope robotic surgery will become a developing sector in Türkiye, Tellioğlu stated that first of all, development should be made in the use of technology, and that they expect initiatives in production in the future.
Tellioğlu said, "Hopefully, it will be a developing sector. First, there is a development effort in terms of usage. Of course, we want there to be an initiative in terms of production in the future." he said.
Stating that robotic surgery is used in different branches in Türkiye, Tellioğlu said that in addition to operations related to obstetrics, urology and lung cancer, surgeries for prostate cancer can also be performed with robotic surgery.
Stating that TEKNOFEST is also an important meeting point in terms of health technologies, Merve Tellioğlu stated that they are pleased with the interest shown by citizens and the health community in the festival.
Stating that there was great interest in the Life Health Foundation's stand, Tellioğlu stated that as a foundation, they started to produce new studies and competitions within the scope of competitions.
Tellioğlu expressed his satisfaction with the interest shown by young people to TEKNOFEST with the following words:
"We are very pleased that the healthcare community and our citizens come here. The interest in the Life Health Foundation is very intense. We have also started to produce new competitions and our young people have a great interest here. It makes us happy that they come, are happy, experience things, and love the field of health."
