Technology has had a big impact on every part of our lives, from how we get around to how we talk to each other to how we get food and even how we stay healthy. Over the years, technology has helped the medical system a lot. This is because more ground-breaking research has led to a lot of good results in health management.
Technology has helped improve health care in many ways, including virtual reality, precision, the creation of artificial organs, sex transformation, wireless brain sensors, and even robotic surgery.
Robotic surgery, which is also called "robot-assisted surgery," just means that robots are used to help with surgeries. Most of the time, robotic surgery is used in surgery with only a small cut. Minimally invasive surgery is just a term for surgeries that are done in a way that limits the size of the cut made. With the help of small instruments, a surgeon can perform minimally invasive surgery by making only small cuts and still get the same results as with open surgery. The time it takes for a wound to heal is shorter after a minimally invasive surgery because the wound is smaller than after an open surgery. The small incisions made in minimally invasive surgery also mean that the patient is less likely to get an infection or feel pain.
It's also important to know that small cameras and tubes are often used in minimally invasive surgery.
In robotic surgery, the surgeon uses a console connected to master controllers that can control about four robotic arms to do the surgery. The surgeon does this surgery by looking at a high-quality 3-D image on the console. From there, the surgeon can see clearly what is happening during the surgery. In robotic surgery, the computer software is very important because the surgeon uses it to watch the procedure and give the commands that control the robotic arms. Instruments that the surgeon would have used in open surgery are attached to the arms of the robot. The surgeon controls the robotic arms to do the surgery. The movements of the robotic arms are very precise and look like real hand movements.
The robotic surgery procedure has been used to treat some of the following conditions:
- Cancer of the thyroid (Neck)
- Cancer of the oropharynx
- Surgery on bones and joints
- Organ Transplant
Surgery on the stomach, intestines, and heart.
Robotic surgery has a lot of benefits, some of which are:
- It takes less time to heal.
- Compared to open surgery, this procedure doesn't hurt as much.
- As the wound is small, it makes it less likely that the patient will get sick.
- Also, because the cuts are so small, less blood is lost.
- Also, because robotic surgery leaves the patient with smaller wounds, the patient stays in the hospital for less time.
- Also, the patient is more likely to have small scars after laparoscopic surgery than after open surgery.
- There are also some problems with robotic surgeries, such as:
- Robotic heart surgery costs more than open-heart surgery.
- Another problem with robotic surgery is that it takes a long time for the robot arms to do what the surgeon tells them to do.
- One of the best things that technology has given to health care is robotic surgery.