Present Day Robotic Surgery and Beyond

Robotic surgery has been on the rise since its approval in 1997, spreading to hospitals and surgical centers all over the United States and seen Internationally. This increase in technology in the medical field could be either a remarkable change or the medical industries worst “Terminator” nightmares. This type of surgery has been revolutionary to the surgical field, by creating machines that are capable of more procedures and higher precision than the machine before. Using information found in scholarly journals and the websites of schools that this technology began at, this research is set to examine robotic surgery and its emergence into the medical field. This paper specifically tackles the advantages and incentives that accompany the safety precautions and pitfalls to robotic surgery, while also asking what will this technology do next and venturing into examples of how this technology has impact on doctors and the field of medicine itself. Most patients and doctors support the new technology and its impact on other doctors, feeling comfortable with where the technology is taking the medical field. While websites support the same features and advantages of robotic surgery-- faster healing, precision of the cuts, and the convenience it has for both the patients and doctors-- they sometimes avoid the glitches and problems that technology generally has. From the findings, it is concluded that due to the vast support of the new technology, robotic surgery, and hard to find negatives most will find comfort in trusting and using this new technology and follow it to where ever it takes the medical field.

Present Day Robotic Surgery and Beyond

Introduction Robots in medicine weren 't used until the late 20th century and there were several events that helped the integration of robotics into the medicine. "The first event was the creation and mainstreaming of computer technology. The second event was installation of robots in an American automobile

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