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I was looking around on one of my favoritest websites (TED) and came across this video:
Catherine Mohr: Surgery's past, present and robotic future
I thought it was fascinating and I'd like to hear your thoughts on it (19 minutes long). Are any of you involved in robotic surgery and do you think there is a threshold between the advancement of surgical technology and actual benefit for the patient? Sure, maybe one day surgeons can develop a technique to extract the gallbladder through the nose, but is that really necessary?
The reason I ask is because many traditional "open" procedures are now done using "scopes" (I hope that's the right term). Do you think your ability/confidence in doing open procedures will decrease as a result of becoming too reliant on advanced non-invasive surgical techniques?
Catherine Mohr: Surgery's past, present and robotic future
I thought it was fascinating and I'd like to hear your thoughts on it (19 minutes long). Are any of you involved in robotic surgery and do you think there is a threshold between the advancement of surgical technology and actual benefit for the patient? Sure, maybe one day surgeons can develop a technique to extract the gallbladder through the nose, but is that really necessary?
The reason I ask is because many traditional "open" procedures are now done using "scopes" (I hope that's the right term). Do you think your ability/confidence in doing open procedures will decrease as a result of becoming too reliant on advanced non-invasive surgical techniques?