Robotics and Surgery.
10.5124/jkma.2006.49.5.430
- Author:
Woo Jung LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery / Robot Surgery Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Korea. wjlee@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Robotic Surgery;
Tele-Presence Surgery;
Da Vinci Surgical System
- MeSH:
Colon;
Esophagus;
Gallbladder;
Imagination;
Intestines;
Patient Care;
Rectum;
Robotics*;
Stomach
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2006;49(5):430-438
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Nowadays robotics are used in all surgical fields. By increasing the intra-abdominal articulation while operating through a small incision, robotics are increasingly used for a large number of visceral and solid organ operations, including surgery on the gallbladder, esophagus, stomach, intestines, colon, and rectum, as well as for the endocrine organs. As a specialty, robotics should continue to grow. The robotic era enables general surgeons perform more and more complex procedures through small incisions. As technology catches up with our imagination, robotic instruments and 3-D monitoring will become a routine practice and continue to improve the patient care by providing surgeons with most precise, least traumatic ways of treating surgical diseases.
