The Advantages Of MIS Robotics

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Developments in medical robotics are improving treatments and advancing healthcare. One type of new technology that has been developed in medicine and reduced the number of deaths in surgery is minimally invasive surgery (MIS) robots. Robots in surgery are surgical devices with remote-controlled robotic arms, which may facilitate the performance of surgical procedures (Barbash and Glied 2010, 701). With MIS robots cardiac surgeons can perform heart surgery through small incisions in the right side of a person’s chest, as an alternative to open heart surgery. Surgeons have a better view of some parts of an ill heart with MIS robots (Mayo clinic 2014). The aim of this project is to discuss the availability, efficiency and cost of robotic technology in medicine; it will describe how robots can affect medical …show more content…

The main difference between MIS and open surgery in that the surgeon works with long tools through small cuttings, commonly <10 mm, and that he has no direct access to the operation area. Usually, four small incisions are required: one for laparoscope, which is rigid endoscope, two for the surgical instruments, and one for blowing CO2. The advantages of MIS compared to open surgery are, among others: small incisions which reduce pain and trauma, shorter hospital stays, shorter rehabilitation time, and cosmetical advantages. To avoid drawbacks of manual MIS, minimally invasive robotic surgery (MIRS) plays an important role. MIRS systems help the surgeon to overcome barriers such as the patient’s chest or abdomen, which is separate him from operating area. Furthermore, it is possible to overcome distances if surgeon and patient are located in different rooms or even hospitals. Although using MIRS systems has many advantages, it has some disadvantages such as increase in requirements for the surgeon: remaining motion of the mechanically stabilized beating heart makes safe and fast surgery

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