Robotic surgery - surgery using a robot during surgery. The use of robots made it possible to establish two unique areas in medicine. The first direction is telesurgery : the surgeon guides the robot during the operation, without directly contacting the patient. The second area is surgery with minimal intervention.
Content
History
In 1985, the first successful operation was performed using the PUMA-560 robot on the brain.
Surgical Robots
DaVinci® Robot (daVinci®) - a robot for laparoscopic surgery, widely used in urology, in particular, in the surgical treatment of cancer of the prostate , kidney and bladder , as well as in gynecology.
Oxford University engineers have created a robot for eye surgery. A device called R2D2 (Robotic Retinal Dissection Device) has already successfully operated on 12 patients. However, the design of the robot still requires refinement [1] .
Other examples include the ARTAS robot for hair transplant surgery [2] and the robot for skull operations RoBoSculpt (has not yet been clinically tested) [3] .
Benefits of Robotic Surgery
- Minimal pain after surgery
- Reduce the risk of wound infection
- Reduced blood transfusion
- Quick recovery and short postoperative period
- Minimal risk of complications characteristic of traditional surgery
- Improved cosmetic effect due to the absence of large postoperative scars
- Surgeon risk elimination
The operation with the help of the robot is carried out through very small holes ( laparoscopic access ) and leaves only a few small marks that quickly heal. In this case, the robot is under the complete control of the surgeon and assistants. The risk during surgery is reduced to zero, and the patient has almost no postoperative scars. Robotic surgery is widely distributed around the world, since the use of this technology can allow you to perform many operations that were previously considered impossible.
Disadvantages of Robotic Surgery
The main disadvantage of robotic surgery is the high cost of operations. It is caused by the high cost of robots. Emmet Cole, a Texas-based specialist in robotic surgery, argues: in order to make the Da Vinci apparatus cost-effective, the clinic needs to carry out 150-300 operations annually using this system for six years [4] .
See also
- Neuroarm
Notes
- ↑ The robot surgeon successfully performed 12 eye operations . robo-hunter.com.
- ↑ A robot surgeon performs hair transplant surgery . robo-hunter.com.
- ↑ A new robot for operations on the skull will facilitate the work of surgeons . robo-hunter.com.
- ↑ How robots help surgeons in Geneva . swissinfo.ch.