Good news! Robot assisted surgery is advancing!
MIT Technology Review. The Download. Your daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology reported today (2/12/2020):
"A trial of a new high-precision surgical robot used to operate on women with breast cancer found the system is safe.
Super-small: It’s the first human trial of a robot for “supermicrosurgery,” a term referring to surgery on vessels that range from 0.3 to 0.8 millimeters. It’s a form of surgery that only a small number of surgeons worldwide can perform.
The trial: The trial used a robotic system called MUSA, manufactured by a Dutch company called Microsure. It basically cancels out small tremors in the surgeons’ hands and scales down their hand movements.
Why it matters: Robot surgery is nothing new, but it has not been found to be any better than traditional surgery [highly doubtful and incorrect, e.g. da Vinci Surgical System], and it is more expensive. Very high-precision surgery is a niche where robotic gadgets could potentially prove their worth, by turning decent surgeons into world-class ones."
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