Abstract
The field of surgery is
entering a time of great change, spurred on by remarkable recent advances in
surgical and computer technology. Computer-controlled diagnostic instruments
have been used in the operating room for years to help provide vital
information through ultrasound, computer-aided tomography (CAT), and other
imaging technologies. Only recently have robotic systems made their way into
the operating room as dexterity-enhancing surgical assistants and surgical
planners, in answer to surgeons' demands for ways to overcome the surgical limitations
of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery.
Definition
The field of surgery is
entering a time of great change, spurred on by remarkable recent advances in
surgical and computer technology. Computer-controlled diagnostic instruments
have been used in the operating room for years to help provide vital information
through ultrasound, computer-aided tomography (CAT), and other imaging
technologies. Only recently have robotic systems made their way into the
operating room as dexterity-enhancing surgical assistants and surgical
planners, in answer to surgeons' demands for ways to overcome the surgical
limitations of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery.
The Robotic surgical
system enables surgeons to remove gallbladders and perform other general
surgical procedures while seated at a computer console and 3-D video imaging
system acrossthe room from the patient. The surgeons operate controls with
their hands and fingers to direct a robotically controlled laparoscope. At the
end of the laparoscope are advanced, articulating surgical instruments and
miniature cameras that allow surgeons to peer into the body and perform the
procedures.
An army ranger is
riddled with shrapnel deep behind enemy lines. Diagnostics from wearable
sensors signal a physician at a nearby mobile army surgical hospital that his services
are needed urgently. The ranger is loaded into an armored vehicle outfitted
with a robotic surgery system. Within minutes, he is undergoing surgery
performed by the physician, who is seated at a control console 100 kilometers
out of harm's way.
Just as computers
revolutionized the latter half of the 20th century, the field of robotics has
the potential to equally alter how we live in the 21st century. We've already
seen how robots have changed the manufacturing of cars and other consumer goods
by streamlining and speeding up the assembly line.
Why
Go For A Robotic Surgery?
The advantages of using robotic-assisted surgery are
many:
• They
bring down the cost of the operation.
• The
patient has a faster recovery time because there is fewer traumas.
Conclusion
The field of surgery has grown in amazing leaps and
bounds since anesthesia was first developed and the first surgeries were
performed, more than 100 years ago. Now, surgeons, through Robots are finding
new ways to get inside the patient, rather than the standard large incision.
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