Robotic surgery

Robotic surgery is basically the use of robots in medical surgery. It has been said that enormous benefits can be reaped from robotic surgery. The major advantages are;

• Increased precision


• Less pain (less loss of blood, smaller cuts, etc)


• Quicker recovery due to smaller openings in the body


• Operations can be undertaken over a distance, the robot can be remotely controlled

Although the advantages seem dominant, there are disadvantages. The main disadvantages are;

• Cost, the expense of deploying one robot is very expensive


• Physicist training, the doctor will need a lot of training in order to manipulate the robot


• Ethics, issues may arise when operating over distance


• Reliability, the robot must be reliable, a mal function during operation can mean death

Although robotic surgery is not common yet, it may be the future of our medication. Currently the most developed robot is said to be the Da Vinci Surgical System. Here is a link to a video about the da vinci surgical system. Da Vinci.

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