Gaming and Robotic Surgery?
12 years, 4 months ago

Gaming and Robotic Surgery?

Wired  

onacloverifalive 231 points 9 hours ago Surgeon here. Currently robotic surgery doesn't actually even use robotic assistance. More importantly, the use of "robot" arms in surgery does not confer any technical advantage or difference in outcomes when compared to contemporary laparoscopic instruments. The reason that it takes an absolute minimum of nine to ten years after college to train a surgeon to meet the minimum standards to practice independently has much less to do with technical ability anyway, and much more to do with the education and extensive practical experience needed to make safe and evidence-based decisions in the clinic, hospital, and operating room settings. The only thing we know for sure at this point about robotic surgery is that it is vastly more expensive and time consuming than other modern minimally invasive surgical techniques.

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Doctors ace the game from console to clinic
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Doctors ace the game from console to clinic

Deccan Chronicle  

Who would have thought that spending hours on a game console could make you a better surgeon? Unlike sports, which require larger motor movements, video games develop fine motor skills, which are especially beneficial in surgery.” Gaming Buddies It might sound a bit unbelievable at first. The study, conducted with surgeons from Beth Israel Medical Center, revealed that surgeons who …

Experts Stress on Importance of Robots in Treating Gynecological Disorders
1 year, 7 months ago

Experts Stress on Importance of Robots in Treating Gynecological Disorders

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: From midwives to robots, the journey of gynecology has advanced to extraordinary levels, said many specialists in the curtain-raiser to the weekend event RoboGynIndia 2023, here on Friday. The event is being jointly organised by the Association of Gynaecological Robotic Surgeons of India and the Intuitive Surgical for International conference on Robotic Gynaecological Surgery. The conference will familiarize doctors …

Hospitals embrace expensive robotic surgeries
2 years, 6 months ago

Hospitals embrace expensive robotic surgeries

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: An increasing number of hospitals are carrying out robot assisted surgeries, although expensive, as they offer numerous advantages to both patients and surgeons. After KIMS Hospital and Care Hospitals announced the launch of fully automated robotic systems in the past week, even the government hospital, MNJ Cancer Hospital, will start offering robotic assisted surgeries in a few months after …

Explained: How robotic surgery saved the life of a 15-year-old in India
2 years, 9 months ago

Explained: How robotic surgery saved the life of a 15-year-old in India

Firstpost  

By using robotic technology, the doctors were successful in removing a tennis ball-sized tumour and saving the girl’s kidney A 15-year-old girl who was living with only one kidney and a tennis ball-sized cyst was recently operated upon with the help of robotic surgery at a Delhi hospital. What is robotic surgery As per Mayo Clinic, robotic surgery, also called …

My robot surgeon: The past, present and future of surgical bots
6 years, 1 month ago

My robot surgeon: The past, present and future of surgical bots

The Hindu  

About one month ago, the headlines flashed, ‘Gujarat doctor makes history’, crediting cardiac surgeon Dr Tejas Patel with conducting the world’s first telerobotic surgery on a patient in Ahmedabad. “Even though the surgeries would be successful, the recovery time would be longer, and the scars would add trauma,” says Detroit-based Dr Mahendra Bhandari, Director, Robotic Surgery Research and Education, Vattikuti …

Here's what you need to know before going under the robo-knife
6 years, 4 months ago

Here's what you need to know before going under the robo-knife

Daily Mail  

First, you are strapped from the chest upwards on to the table, with your feet hoisted into stirrups. Professor Naeem Soomro, director of robotic surgery at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Freeman Hospital, said: ‘With Da Vinci surgery, the surgeon must undertake a series of dry lab and simulation courses before they can start operating, only …

More doctors prefer safer robotic surgery for cancer
6 years, 6 months ago

More doctors prefer safer robotic surgery for cancer

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Robotics surgery causes less loss of blood, reduces hospital stay and gives better outcomes and is thus considered by surgeons to be the more appropriate treatment for cancerous tumours, endocrine tumours and cancers in the oesophageal and gastro-intestinal tract. Training is essential for these surgeries and senior surgeons who have studied abroad are now imparting training to post-graduate students …

Kerala tops in robotic surgeries
7 years, 11 months ago

Kerala tops in robotic surgeries

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Even though only three centres in the state have surgical robots, the number of robotic procedures done in Kerala is on par with other leading hospitals in south India. Among the three centres in Kerala, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi has done more than 500 robotic procedures, followed by Aster Medcity with 270 while MIMS, Kozhikode which procured …

Google teams up with Johnson & Johnson for robotic surgery
9 years, 11 months ago

Google teams up with Johnson & Johnson for robotic surgery

Firstpost  

US health care giant Johnson & Johnson announced plans Friday to collaborate with Google on surgical robotics. US health care giant Johnson & Johnson announced plans Friday to collaborate with Google on surgical robotics.US health care The two companies said in a statement they would work “to create an innovative robotic-assisted surgical platform capable of integrating advanced technologies with the …

Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking fresh look
11 years, 11 months ago

Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking fresh look

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier. What we thought was impossible 10 years ago is now commonplace,” said Dr. Michael Stifelman, robotic surgery chief at New York University’s Langone Medical Center. Robotic …

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