Robotic Surgery, Da Vinci Robotic Surgery

An Introduction to Surgery Robots

Robots are becoming revolutionary tools for surgeons in a variety of clinical applications.

Orthopaedic and neurosurgical applications have utilised robots and image guidance for total joint replacement (hip, knee), brain surgery and spine surgery.
The introduction of the surgery robots offer more precise and accurate delivery of ionising radiation.
Tele-operated robots or Master-slave surgical robotic systems to perform tele-surgery.

Clinical and economical benefits of robotic surgery

Clinical Advantages:

They extend human capabilities such as tremor reduction, repeatability, precision and accuracy;
In doing so, they provide a new level of minimally invasive access to a variety of anatomical targets. For instance, heart bypass surgery now requires that the patient's chest be "cracked" open by way of a 1-foot (30.48-cm) long incision. However, with the surgery robot, it is possible to operate on the heart by making three small incisions in the chest, each only about 1 centimeter in diameter. Because the surgeon would make these smaller incisions instead of one long one down the length of the chest, the patient would experience less pain and less bleeding, which means a faster recovery;
To offer better consistency to surgical treatments resulting in improved patient outcome;
The use of a computer console to perform operations from a distance opens up the idea of tele-surgery, which would involve a doctor performing delicate surgery miles away from the patient;

Economical Advantages:

As with all automation, surgical robots will reduce the manpower or medical personnel;
Having fewer personnel in the operating room and allowing doctors the ability to operate on a patient long-distance could lower the cost of health care;
Surgical robots also decrease the fatigue that doctors experience during surgeries that can last several hours;

Surgery Robots Application

Robotic Heart Surgery The development of precise and intelligent robotic-enhanced instruments has reached the point where it has become possible to do cardiac surgery through "key hole" incisions that can potentially return patients to functional activity within a week after surgery.


Robotics Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery Robotic surgery relies on the principles of laparoscopic urologic surgery allows significant improvement in surgical precision beyond the limits of the human hand.


Robotic Brain Surgery More than 2,000 brain surgeries have been performed worldwide using a specially designed robotic apparatus. The robotic surgical tools give the doctor finer control over delicate movements and more accurate pinpointing of the diseased area. This allows the surgery to be performed without fitting patients with a painful, cumbersome immobilizing frame that is needed for traditional brain surgery.


Robotic Operation For Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the second most common form of cancer in men. Surgery to remove the prostate gland, an organ about the size of a walnut located between the bladder and urethra, is the standard treatment for the cancer. The prostate cancer robotic surgery reduces healing time of patients.

Stereotactic Robot Radiosurgery Stereotactic radiosurgery refers to the delivery of a single, high dose of radiation to a target area, with a rapid fall off of radiation dose to the surrounding tissue. This primarily has been used in neurosurgery for the treatment of benign brain tumors that are near eloquent areas of the brain, tumors located deep within the brain tissue. Radiosurgery requires accurate localization of the target lesion to allow the delivery of the radiation dose safely. The introduction of the surgery robot, allows the patient to receive a more accurate stereotactic radiosurgery.