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Hospitals Robotic Future: Part 2

Posted on May 09, 2008 - 10:04 AM

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Science Daily has an informative article discussing yet more advances in the field of robotic surgeries. What is interesting about this article is that it reviews how the advances might eliminate the need for surgeons to use fluoroscopy—which uses radiation—when doing catheter-based procedures. The advantage of this is that the patient is exposed to less radiation.

Here, however, is the operative quote from the article: “The technology will advance to the point where robots—without the guidance of a doctor—can someday operate on people.”

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