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Overview of General Advantages, Limitations, and Strategies

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Robotics in General Surgery

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From mechanical advantages such as enhanced 3D stereoscopic vision, enhanced articulating wrists, white and fluorescent lighting, and telesurgery and simulation systems to clinical advantages such as smaller incisions, less blood loss, reduction in pain, and decreased morbidity and mortality outcomes leading to reduced hospital stay, robotics has transformed general surgery and created surgical challenges to upgrade technical skills beyond laparoscopy. If the major cost limitation can be hurdled, minor limitations such as reduced haptic feedback can be overcome with a faux tactile sensation with time spent on the robotic console. This overview spans advantages, limitations, strategies, and the future of robotics. The digital platform provides infinite opportunities for learning, a higher quality surgeon, and may make surgery safer, better, faster, and ultimately cheaper.

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  1. Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin Street MSB4.162, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Erik B. Wilson M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, Harris Methodist Hospital, of Fort Worth, 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 404, Fort Worth, TX, 76104, USA

    Hossein Bagshahi M.D.

  3. Reshape Bariatric and General Surgery of Fort Worth, 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 404, Fort Worth, TX, 76104, USA

    Hossein Bagshahi M.D.

  4. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin Street, Suite 4.294, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Vicky D. Woodruff B.A., B.S., Ph.D.

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Wilson, E.B., Bagshahi, H., Woodruff, V.D. (2014). Overview of General Advantages, Limitations, and Strategies. In: Kim, K. (eds) Robotics in General Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8739-5_3

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