| Slowly and gradually robots seem to be taking over | | | | Gynecologic Oncology showed that patients |
| many of the functions that humans perform. Though it | | | | undergoing robot assisted surgery, lost 2-and-a-half |
| may seem like machines rendering man redundant, in | | | | times less blood, were 6 times less likely to need |
| perhaps all cases these replacements are for the | | | | transfusions, and that the time of their stay in hospitals |
| better, such as in robot assisted surgeries. | | | | was halved. |
| Surgical robots have today made remote, minimally | | | | Lower risk of a Gastric Bypass complication - |
| invasive, and unmanned surgeries possible. In addition | | | | Gastrointestinal leak is a rare but serious complication |
| they have enabled better precision with surgical | | | | arising out of gastric by-pass - a weight loss surgical |
| instruments e.g. scissors, miniaturization, smaller incisions, | | | | procedure. Scientists at the University of Texas Health |
| decreased blood loss, less pain, and quicker healing. As | | | | Science Center, recently conducted a study comparing |
| a result have led to better patient outcomes. | | | | the conventional laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric |
| Aside from these advantages of robot-assisted | | | | bypass and a robot assisted operation, and found that |
| surgeries, the following examples of their superiority | | | | while none of the robot assisted surgery group |
| are worth mentioning. | | | | suffered a gastrointestinal leak, some patients from the |
| Better for Heavy Women – Uterine cancer is a | | | | conventional laparoscopy group did. |
| medical condition with which about a 100 women are | | | | Additionally, robotic surgery has also been associated |
| diagnosed each day in the USA. Once diagnosed with | | | | with improved survival rates for prostate cancer |
| the disease, many patients are worried about how the | | | | patients, with effective treatment of urothelial cancer |
| treatment, which often includes surgery, would affect | | | | of the kidney, and more. |
| their lives and family. However, it seems that robotic | | | | All in all, robots with surgical instruments in their hands |
| surgery may be a better option than laparoscopic | | | | have a lot to offer to the field of surgery, and that |
| surgery for uterine cancer. Recently the journal | | | | robot-assisted surgery is indeed better in many cases. |