Robotic Surgery
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Madison Buelow
Mrs. Welker
College Comp/F hour
8 April 2014
Robotic Surgery
Robots can be found almost anywhere today. They are found in our cars, in our houses, in
our industries, inside buildings, and to places we neglect to notice. We trust robots to do everyday chores for us either by knowing directly or indirectly. Today’s technology has advanced so that it allows for innovative robotic systems to be inserted in the medical field.
Robotics in medicine brings many advantages and benefits for both the doctors and the patients.
But there are also some limitations in robotic surgery that cause doubt and uncertainty to people.
So the question is if the world is ready to accept and trust robots in health and more specifically in surgery. There will be people who are pioneers and enjoy trying something new, people who are skeptical and need to know everything about it before agreeing, and people who will be afraid no matter how much proof they are given. Though robotics in the medical field are still being developed, they provide more benefits to both surgeons and patients than traditional surgical procedures.
Robotic surgery is a surgical technique in which a surgeon performs a surgery using a computer that remotely controls small instruments attached to a robot (). It is a type of minimally invasive surgery (). With a surgical robot, surgeons have more precision, flexibility, and control while performing complex procedures compared to traditional surgical techniques. A surgeon is able to perform this type of surgery with a robotic system (). The system has four interactive
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arms that a surgeon controls from a remote console. Three of the arms are for tools and the fourth is a camera arm. Each arm has joints that act like human wrists. While performing a surgery, the surgeon is at the console viewing the surgery in a 3D view on a monitor. The console also has two handandfinger controls that the surgeon uses to
Madison Buelow
Mrs. Welker
College Comp/F hour
8 April 2014
Robotic Surgery
Robots can be found almost anywhere today. They are found in our cars, in our houses, in
our industries, inside buildings, and to places we neglect to notice. We trust robots to do everyday chores for us either by knowing directly or indirectly. Today’s technology has advanced so that it allows for innovative robotic systems to be inserted in the medical field.
Robotics in medicine brings many advantages and benefits for both the doctors and the patients.
But there are also some limitations in robotic surgery that cause doubt and uncertainty to people.
So the question is if the world is ready to accept and trust robots in health and more specifically in surgery. There will be people who are pioneers and enjoy trying something new, people who are skeptical and need to know everything about it before agreeing, and people who will be afraid no matter how much proof they are given. Though robotics in the medical field are still being developed, they provide more benefits to both surgeons and patients than traditional surgical procedures.
Robotic surgery is a surgical technique in which a surgeon performs a surgery using a computer that remotely controls small instruments attached to a robot (). It is a type of minimally invasive surgery (). With a surgical robot, surgeons have more precision, flexibility, and control while performing complex procedures compared to traditional surgical techniques. A surgeon is able to perform this type of surgery with a robotic system (). The system has four interactive
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arms that a surgeon controls from a remote console. Three of the arms are for tools and the fourth is a camera arm. Each arm has joints that act like human wrists. While performing a surgery, the surgeon is at the console viewing the surgery in a 3D view on a monitor. The console also has two handandfinger controls that the surgeon uses to