Overview
As patients demand higher qualities of care and reductions in outcome variability, there is increasing pressure for doctors to find new methods to improve surgical success. The use of computer and robotic assist devices is a rapidly growing phenomena in surgeries today, and a major contributing factor in the ever advancing techniques to optimize surgical outcomes. Surgeons using advanced machinery which produce better outcomes will receive more patients (due to reasons explained in the earlier section). One potential goal robotic surgeries is to reduce variability caused by human factors. Could we reach a point where the role of the surgeon is merely to turn a switch on and off and let a machine do the work?
In the Computer Assist Device section, we will examine navigation systems, robotic systems, and software that have had a large impact on the a number of branches of surgery.
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Advantage
Due to the fact that all surgeries are minimally invasive, there is a significantly lower amount of pain, blood loss, and scarring. Recovery time is also shorter and better clinical outcomes can be acheived using the da Vinci System compared to normal laparoscopic surgery.
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Operating Positions of Robotic Surgery
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