BENGALURU: Kidney transplant procedures involve a deep cut on the patient’s belly button, which helps in placing the new organ in the body. However, the surgery can be performed by inflicting little more than a small keyhole size cut, with the assistance of robot during the procedure. A Bengaluru-based hospital has successfully performed two kidney transplants through this procedure.Failure of her kidneys saw 35-year-old Sarojit Adak lose a lot of weight, besides a rapid deterioration in her overall health condition . When it seemed as if regular dialysis was the only option left for her, her mother-in-law volunteered to donate a kidney, which gave Sarojit a new lease of life.Sudipta Kumar Bala, 29, from Odisha too was diagnosed with complete renal failure. His 50-year-old mother came forward to donate one of her kidneys, and saved her son from a difficult life.Neither of the two patients had to undergo the complicated surgeries that kidney transplant procedures are commonly associated with, advanced robotic technology ensured that they suffered very little; they also had to endure very short stays at the hospital following the surgery.‘Robotic instruments have 360 degree rotational capacity, compared with the human wrist, which is just 270 degrees. Also, they provide us a three dimensional view of the human anatomy The images are high definition and magnified,” said Dr Deepak Dubey, consultant urologist and renal transplant surgeon at Manipal Hospital , where the procedure was performed.He added that the surgical team had rehearsed the procedure thoroughly the previous day, and the patients and family members were provided with all the necessary formation.Chairman of Manipal Hospitals, Dr H Sudarshan Ballal said that heightened awareness, the modest cost of procedures and the promise of a speedy recovery had helped put India on the global map, as far as robot-assisted surgeries were concerned. “Such procedures have started to cover a wide spectrum of procedures – cardiac, urology, general surgery, thoracic, gynaecology, et al,” he added.