Hopefully that won’t mean we’ll lose all our medical dramas on TV, because the state of technology in the medical field has advanced so much that now we may possibly have the ability to use robotics during surgery, leaving surgeons behind to better handle controls from a distance and foregoing the deadly problem of dealing with infections and blood. Can you believe it? Robotics in the ER. Hopefully none of them turn on humans–sorry, Isaac Asimov, for the homage.
Seriously, though, robotics have drastically improved the efficiency in surgery, thinning the margin for error to a mere thread as more precise tasks are handled much better than by a surgeon’s shaky hand. So far as it stands, hospitals all over the country are utilizing these medical cyborgs for the use of cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, andelectrophysiology, gastrointestinal surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, radiosurgery for tumors, urology regarding cancerous prostate glands, the repair of damaged kidneys, bladder abnormalities, and the removal of diseases kidneys.
Suddenly the days at the ER have gotten much easier, thanks to this new technology. However, would you be comfortable with a ‘robot’ doing all the work? You should be–because ultimately the doctor is still doing the work as the doctor sets the programs to a set process. The only difference is the surgeon’s not putting his or her hands inside you! A robot is. It wouldn’t matter either way given the anaesthetics.
Although robotics have been around hospitals since the ’80s, it’s only recently that they’ve become so efficient to not only improve quality but also the quantity of surgeries. More and more patients can get the help they need faster and without dealing with a waiting list thanks to the use of robotics.
What does matter, though, is the quality of work done in hospitals now. And without a doubt, robotics have contributed heavily. Thank you, Jetson family, for all your phenomenal work!