Clearly, the future of surgery is in robots, as experts in the field seem to believe. The limitations that surgeons have are now quietly being exceeded, as they begin to use artificial systems to make their jobs easier.The da Vinci system is the best example of that. It is essentially nothing but a giant robot, which... |
4 October 2010
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Robotic surgery was a thing of science-fiction just a few decades ago, and yet now people barely notice that their operation is conducted by a machine. In some cases, using automated systems to perform intricate procedures carries a higher success rate than if human surgeons would do the exact same thing. Robotic onc... |
3 August 2010
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With the advent of robotic surgery systems such as the da Vinci, the world of doctors performing these procedures has changed. The classical way of doing things, in which the surgeon is taught how to “feel” his or her way through an incision, is now being replaced by methods in which new practitioners are... |
26 February 2010
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Patients who need surgery, especially those suffering from prostate-related illnesses, will be happy to know that technology has made a great step forward towards the incision-free, robot-controlled surgery. New devices will use natural orifices and the vast inner-body network to find the ailing spot and perform pre... |
7 November 2008
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"The Da Vinci Code" sparked the imagination of many "conspiracy theory" adepts and raised some questions even in the minds of the pragmatics, since its depiction in the Hollywood production. Now, researchers claim that they uncovered an encoded message in the cube carvings on the chapel arches of a cathedral in Scot... |
3 May 2007
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