todays wsj

[nkmiami]

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While we beat ourselves up over IMRT/fractionation, it has nothing on the robot:

Robot-Assisted Surgery Costs More But May Not Be Better

and well written editorial on robotic prostatectomy:
Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Who Is Benefiting? | Cancer Network | The Oncology Journal

The Da Vinci Code: Growing Sales, Growing Concerns

 

[Gfunk6]

It looks like people who use the robot "recreationally" are putting patients at the most risk and yield the smallest benefit.

 

[nkmiami]

It looks like people who use the robot "recreationally" are putting patients at the most risk and yield the smallest benefit.

This is undoubtedly a problem with the robot, although in the randomized trial of robot vs open for prostatectomy , there was quality control to make sure physicians had performed a sufficient number of procedures to take part in the trial.