In an earlier blog post, I have explained what laparoscopic and robotic surgeries are. Now I want to tell you a little bit more about the different areas where robotic surgery can be used.
Although robotic surgery is most commonly known for being used in the abdomen area, it can essentially be used for every body part as long as you can make an incision there and insert the surgical instruments. The reason why it is mostly known for abdomen surgeries is that there are many organs in this area and the first laparoscopic surgeries where performed in this part of the body too. The surgeons knew where every organ was and had easy access in case something went wrong.
Nowadays, even heart surgeries are often performed by a surgical robot as it reduces the risks for the patients since the incisions are smaller, there is no need to crack open the chest and the surgery is being performed on the beating heart.
Even surgeries on spine or brain are no longer a problem. The University of Maryland developed a brain surgery robot that removes brain tumors safer as the machine works together with an MRI scanner granting the surgeons a better view of the tumor. This makes it easier for the surgeons to remove the tumor without endangering or harming the healthy cells surrounding it.
Overall, robotic surgery can be performed on almost every part of the body. If you can name it, it has probably already been done before. The reason why surgeons are so eager to use robotic surgery is that there are many advantages to it which allow them to perform surgeries better and more efficient and to sink risks and the amount of pain for the patients.
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