Robotic Surgery
ABSTRACT:
Robotic surgery, computer-assisted surgery, and robotically-assisted surgery are terms for technological developments that use robotic systems to aid in surgical procedures.
Robotically-assisted surgery was developed to overcome both the limitations of minimally invasive surgery or to enhance the capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery. In the case of robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, instead of directly moving the instruments, the surgeon uses one of two methods to control the instruments ; either a direct telemanipulator or by computer control
One advantage of using the computerised method is that the surgeon does not have to be present, indeed the surgeon could be anywhere in the world, leading to the possibility for remote surgery. In the case of enhanced open surgery, autonomous instruments (in familiar configurations) replace traditional steel tools, performing certain actions (such as rib spreading) with much smoother, feedback-controlled motions than could ever be achieved by a human hand. The main object of such smart instruments is to reduce or eliminate the tissue trauma traditionally associated with open surgery without requiring more than a few minutes' training on the part of surgeons. This approach seeks to improve that lion's share of surgeries, particularly cardio-thoracic, that minimally invasive techniques have so failed to supplant
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. History
3. Applications
3. Advantages
4. Disadvantages
5. Robotics surgical technology
6. Future scope
7. Conclusion
INTRODUCTION:
Circa 1941: Second World War; D-day, Normandy.
A soldier in a far off battlefield with a life threatening injury, with no doctor in sight for hundreds of kilometres. The nearest hospital is thousand kilometres away. He needs to beoperated upon right away. He dies.
Now Imagine : An army ranger is riddled with shrapnel deep behind enemy lines. Diagnostics from
Robotic surgery, computer-assisted surgery, and robotically-assisted surgery are terms for technological developments that use robotic systems to aid in surgical procedures.
Robotically-assisted surgery was developed to overcome both the limitations of minimally invasive surgery or to enhance the capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery. In the case of robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, instead of directly moving the instruments, the surgeon uses one of two methods to control the instruments ; either a direct telemanipulator or by computer control
One advantage of using the computerised method is that the surgeon does not have to be present, indeed the surgeon could be anywhere in the world, leading to the possibility for remote surgery. In the case of enhanced open surgery, autonomous instruments (in familiar configurations) replace traditional steel tools, performing certain actions (such as rib spreading) with much smoother, feedback-controlled motions than could ever be achieved by a human hand. The main object of such smart instruments is to reduce or eliminate the tissue trauma traditionally associated with open surgery without requiring more than a few minutes' training on the part of surgeons. This approach seeks to improve that lion's share of surgeries, particularly cardio-thoracic, that minimally invasive techniques have so failed to supplant
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. History
3. Applications
3. Advantages
4. Disadvantages
5. Robotics surgical technology
6. Future scope
7. Conclusion
INTRODUCTION:
Circa 1941: Second World War; D-day, Normandy.
A soldier in a far off battlefield with a life threatening injury, with no doctor in sight for hundreds of kilometres. The nearest hospital is thousand kilometres away. He needs to beoperated upon right away. He dies.
Now Imagine : An army ranger is riddled with shrapnel deep behind enemy lines. Diagnostics from