Robotic Assisted Surgery

Today in our technologically advanced world, our doctors and surgeons have been introduced to the wonders of robotic surgery. “Since 1921 when Czech playwright Karel Capek introduced the notion and coined the term robot in his play Rossom’s Universal Robots, robots have taken on increasingly more importance both in imagination and reality. ‘Robot’, taken from the Czech robota, meaning forced labor, has evolved in meaning from dumb machines that perform menial, repetitive tasks to the highly intelligent anthropomorphic robots of popular culture” (Lanfranco et.al., 2004). Anthony Lanfranco and his crew from the Drexel University’s Department of Medical Engineering and Mechanics and Philadelphia College of Medicine composed a review of the
It gives a brief description on the development of this new discovery as well as the potential of its current applications. The article provides both sides of a controversial issue: the advantages of robotic-assisted surgery as well as the disadvantages of robotic-assisted surgery. It educates its readers before going into depth without being too dense for an audience to comprehend. All in all, the article is significant because it is a collection of research and data collected by reliable sources and this information and enlighten those of today’s world who are are not aware of the existence of robotic surgery. From this, people can add to the idea and possibly create something even more advanced and contribute to our technologically advanced world, which could better society by making difficult surgical tasks a lot easier to
The genre is mainly nonfiction, for it is factually written, including clear evidence of research through thirty-five references. The arrangement of the text is clear and precise and aids readers in understanding the text and its content. In addition, the author provides tables, diagrams, and pictures, which visually help readers understand the content of the article. It begins with a brief background and history in robotic surgery, followed by the advantages and disadvantages of it, then its current applications, and its uses in the surgical world of today. The author’s strategy was simply stating what he researched and knows, so that it is comprehensible by an audience of a wide age range. The content is not too dense, which makes readers more comfortable with reading the review. The author appeals to the logos aspect of the rhetorical writing, for he is stating facts, logic, and does not appeal emotionally to the audience. It is strictly a fact-based, informative article. In addition to the fact that the author does not appeal to pathos or ethos, the author presents not only the advantages of robotic surgery, but also its disadvantages. This makes him appear as unbiased. The article altogether is a factual description of robotic surgery because of the clear evidence of conducted