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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
Technology Review and Scientific American magazines in recent months ...