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Dr. Aprikian told the University that the robots make surgery much safer and quicker, since the 'bots can make precise and delicate movements that human fingers cannot. But those fearful of a robot-dominated future shouldn't fret (not yet anyway). Dr. Hemmerling believes it will be quite a while before fully autonomous robotic surgeries can be performed successfully. Most surgery 'bots are too large for an autonomous method to be practical, and the tech is still lagging. "Robots will not replace doctors but help them to perform to the highest standards," he said.
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsLonOct 25th 2010 7:46AM
That's all well and good,
but I hear that the guy only wanted a tooth pulled.
Mrs. EOct 25th 2010 10:31AM
@(Unverified) LOL!!!!...very funny!
BrendaOct 25th 2010 9:28AM
A waste of money...
jllccoOct 25th 2010 11:36AM
Didn't even get a kiss.
dougOct 25th 2010 10:26AM
These things were built to allow the surgeon to operate via long distance from their Yacht or on the fairway at the local Country Club or perhaps while enjoying a cold beer on a beach somewhere in the Tropics. A fine example of techno overkill.
MICHAELOct 25th 2010 10:40AM
@(Unverified) that is an ignorant , uninformed remark...this technology allows surgery to be done with minimal invasive therapy...there are many robotic procedures done today..this is NOT the first and not to be done without the doctor in the room! Doctors make less today for the same things they got paid higher for 20 years ago!! Beware if the payment gets lower maybe Obama could do your surgey!!
TonyOct 25th 2010 10:44AM
This is nothing new. This robot type suregry has been around couple of years now..
RussOct 25th 2010 11:24AM
Amazing!! This article is a bit outdated. I had a Prostatectomy vie DaVinci Robot at Mayo, Pheonix, over three years ago, and I was certainly not the first; my surgion had done over 200 prior to mine. It is an amazing advance in surgical procedures and I was out of bed in a few hours and out of hospital in 2 days with only 5 small, less than 1 inch, incisions. Due to the precision of the instument the Doc was able to save the nerve bundle (men who have had a Prostatectomy will understand the significance of this) and I have been Cancer free since. BTW, men over 40, please have a PSA test once a year! It may well have saved my life.
AndrewOct 28th 2010 12:08PM
@(Unverified)
It's the first time that the DaVinci robot that does the surgery has been paired with McSleepy, a robot that does the anesthesia.
You had a robot doing the surgery, but a hands-on anesthesiologist.
I have done many surgical video productions with the DaVinci and it is not a gimmick or a toy or even something that makes doctor's lives better. It is for better patient outcomes.
It is a precision tool for doing precision work that a human cannot do unassisted. It lets the doctor sit in an ergonomic position while the robot is mounted over the patient. This helps alleviate fatigue as a factor in long surgeries