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Article: Robotic surgery
- Article from:
- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- December 4, 2000
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CopyrightCopyright 2000 The Journal Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The cardiac surgeon wipes his brow, squirts a couple of eye drops,
turns off his computer and throws the switch on his robot -- another
bypass surgery is complete. Within four hours the patient will be
visiting with friends and relatives in the waiting room.
Robotic assisted surgery is a "here and now" leading-edge
technology that should realize widespread deployment in the
foreseeable future. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently
approved computer-controlled robotic surgery for gall bladder,
abdominal, prostate, colorectal and esophageal procedures
representing 3.5 million surgical incidents per year. The MIT