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Article: Robotic surgery's applications expanding.(Gynecology)
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- OB GYN News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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SAN DIEGO -- When precision matters, robotic surgery offers visual features that are "unparalleled by any other laparoscopic or open operation," William E. Kelley Jr., M.D., said at an international congress of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.
But cost and patient benefits need to be considered before adopting robotic surgery on a widespread basis in any surgical discipline, advised Dr. Kelley, a general surgeon who practices in Richmond, Va.
Dr. Kelley, who chairs the society's special interest group committee on robotic surgery, considers the term to be an unfortunate one. "Robotic surgery is not performed by robots, which are independently ...