[IGSTK-Developers] FWD: NIBIB e-Advance: On the Horizon - Flexible Robotic Surgery

[Andinet Enquobahrie]

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On the Horizon – Flexible Robotic Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery or laparoscopy promises faster patient
recovery times, fewer complications, and shorter hospital stays. But
minimally invasive surgery is still not a common procedure. Surgeons
rely on cameras inserted into the patient to visualize the operating
field. Now an innovative, compact robotic system developed by Columbia
University researchers provides real-time three-dimensional images of
the operating field through a camera mounted between two snake-like
flexible arms. The ultrathin delivery system is about as wide as a
wine cork.  Read more at:
http://www.nibib.nih.gov/HealthEdu/eAdvances/30June10.




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