quarta-feira, 22 de setembro de 2010

Is robotic surgery the best way?

     The use of robotic surgery has been a good solution to solve many problems in medicals area. There are many advantages to do a robotic surgery like less bleeding, short time in hospitalization, less risk of infection, elimination of tremors and the patient can have a faster recovery in that process than in the others.
     In Brazil we've had the firsts robotic surgery and it has been a success, however it’s still in a little number because of our technologycal limitation, but in countries more developed than us like the United States are more common in many cases the use of robotic surgery.
     This seems to be the solution for many things, even the society gains with the surgical robots, because with less time in hospital and quicker recovery patients submitted in complex surgery come back for their activities soon, spending less money for healthy systems. And this seems to be easy, but it’s not, for example, if the surgeon doesn’t know how to use the equipment, in a surgery that should be fast, he can spend more time than in a normal surgery. Another discussion about robotic surgery it’s about the human’s side. We know that this method will eliminate many people who work in a operation room, they will be no more necessary. However, this is not the first time that the humans are substitutes by robots and perhaps this is the price that we have to pay for the modernization and facilities.

Image 1: Robot hand holding the planet;
Source: http://www.babyboomercaretaker.com/assistive-technology/robotic-technology/Advantages-Of-Robotics.html




                                                                       Image 2: Robotic hand holding a heart.                                  Source:http://www.einstein.br/pagina-einstein/Paginas/cirurgia-robotica-vale-mesmo-a-pena.aspx

Reference:


Revista Veja; edição 2179; pág. 55. Brasil, 2010.

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