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Robotic Systems in Surgery

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Results of studies showing that surgery using the da Vinci robot (Intuitive Surgical, USA) has advantages over conventional methods for the radical treatment of prostate cancer are presented. Current information on robotic technology in medicine has been gathered and presented, using radical prostatectomy as an example. The advantages, drawbacks, and proposed pathways to improving the most widely used surgical system are discussed. Conclusions are drawn with respect to the prospects of introduction of the principle of telemedicine into surgery.

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  1. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

    I. O. Gritskov

  2. A. I. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Vitoslavskii, K. A. Kryazheva, A. O. Vasil’ev, K. B. Kolontarev & D. Yu. Pushkar’

  3. S. I. Spasokukotskiy Municipal Clinical Hospital, Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russia

    A. O. Vasil’ev, K. B. Kolontarev & D. Yu. Pushkar’

  4. Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical Management, Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russia

    A. O. Vasil’ev

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Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, Vol. 55, No. 5, Sep.-Oct., 2021, pp. 47-51.

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Gritskov, I.O., Vitoslavskii, A.A., Kryazheva, K.A. et al. Robotic Systems in Surgery. Biomed Eng 55, 365–369 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-022-10137-y

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