<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sydney Adventist Hospital is offering a less invasive surgical option using robots to treat women suffering from endometriosis.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 1 million Australian women experience the debilitating effects of endometriosis, a chronic condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside of it, often causing severe pelvic pain and fertility issues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Olivia Phillips, a patient from Mount Kuring-gai, endured a long period of ill health before being diagnosed with severe endometriosis.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-escalates-personal-attack-on-anthony-albanese/82fcaba7-1efd-4532-9efa-3a22c974790b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Netanyahu escalates personal attack on Albanese</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was malnourished, I was losing weight, I was very pale, I had bags under my eyes and no one knew what it was," Phillips said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her condition involved a mass on her bowel, necessitating robotic surgery.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Gynaecologist Dr Yogesh Nikam described the severity of Phillips' condition.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/health/robotic-surgery-offers-hope-for-australian-women-suffering-from-severe-endometriosis/26006536-6ef0-466c-b2f0-89e0b1e1d4a1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It had created a lump in the rectum and progressed to cause almost obstructive symptoms of the bowel," Nikam said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The surgical team's research, published in the </span><em><span>ANZ Journal of Surgery</span></em><span>, indicates that robotic-assisted procedures for stage 3 and stage 4 endometriosis result in quicker recovery times, fewer complications, and reduced pain for patients.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/men-missing-after-car-crashes-into-macdonald-river-wisemans-ferry-nsw/b23610cf-f084-493e-9bcb-fa031dc27a15" target="_blank"><strong><span>Two bodies pulled from water after father, sons crash into NSW river</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Associated Professor Stephen Pillinger, a robotic colorectal surgeon, highlighted the advantages of the robotic approach.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Robotic surgery gives us much more dexterity, and we know from our own data that we see about two and a half more times of the disease," Pillinger said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He further noted the positive impact on patients' lives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They are pain free, they are able to work a lot more, able to have children and have much fuller, happier lives."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Phillips' experience exemplifies the potential benefits of this procedure. She has since conceived two children naturally and remains free of endometriosis.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I felt more tired before the surgery than I do now with two young children, it's changed my life," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of </span></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>