Robotic surgery

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Robotic surgery or robot-assisted surgery is any type of surgical procedure that is performed with the use of robotic systems. Robotically assisted surgery was developed with the primary goal of overcoming the limitations of pre-existing minimally invasive surgical procedures, alongside enhancing the capabilities (for example, increasing their work precision) of surgeons performing open surgeries. In robotically assisted minimally-invasive surgery, the surgeon uses either a remote manipulator or a computer control system to perform dissection, hemostasis, and resection. A telemanipulator (e.g. the da Vinci Surgical System) is a system of remotely controlled manipulators that enables a surgeon to perform the surgery in real-time under stereoscopic vision from a control console separate from the operating table. In this case, the surgical robot is docked next to the patient, while the robotic arms carry out endoscopy-like maneuvers via end-effectors inserted through specially designed trocars...

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