Apollo Hospitals and Mayapada Healthcare completed their fourth robotic surgery proctorship in Jakarta, combining specialist training with two urological procedures
Apollo Hospitals India and Mayapada Healthcare have expanded their clinical collaboration in robotic urology with a two-day surgical proctorship at Mayapada Hospital Jakarta Selatan. Held on 26 and 27 August 2026, the programme brought Indian and Indonesian specialists together for robotic-assisted procedures, clinical training and knowledge exchange.
It was the fourth proctorship conducted by Mayapada Healthcare with Apollo Hospitals India. The programme focused not only on the use of robotic technology itself, but also on patient selection, surgical planning, safety and multidisciplinary decision-making.
Two patients undergo robotic-assisted surgery
Prof. (Dr.) Sanjai Kumar Addla, Consultant Uro-Oncological and Robotic Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad, served as proctor. He worked alongside Mayapada Hospital urologists Dr. Syamsu Hudaya and Dr. Stevano Lucianto Hotasi Sipahutar as well as the hospital's multidisciplinary clinical team.
During the programme, two patients underwent robotic-assisted procedures using the da Vinci Xi surgical system. A patient with prostate cancer received a radical prostatectomy, while a second patient underwent surgery for a renal cyst.
Prof. Addla has experience from more than 1,000 robotic procedures, including operations for prostate, kidney and bladder cancers.
Precision in confined anatomical areas
Robotic-assisted surgery allows surgeons to perform selected minimally invasive operations with three-dimensional visualisation and highly controlled instrument movements. These capabilities can be particularly valuable when surgeons are working in confined anatomical areas.
Depending on the type of operation and individual patient factors, robotic-assisted approaches may reduce surgical trauma and blood loss and support postoperative recovery. The technology does not, however, replace clinical judgement, making appropriate patient selection and specialist training central elements of robotic surgery programmes.
Training goes beyond operating the robot
The Jakarta proctorship combined specialist supervision with hands-on collaboration between the participating surgical teams. Training covered preparation and planning as well as technical execution and established safety procedures.
This approach enables local teams to build practical experience with robotic systems while incorporating the technology into existing clinical protocols and multidisciplinary care.
Apollo and Mayapada deepen clinical cooperation
The programme continues a partnership aimed at developing robotic urology expertise in Indonesia through international clinical exchange.
With four proctorships now completed jointly, Apollo Hospitals and Mayapada Healthcare are seeking to strengthen local experience with robotic-assisted procedures while maintaining a focus on evidence-based, safe and patient-centred surgical care.
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