Is robotic surgery a 'minimally invasive' procedure?
Robotic surgery has all the characteristics of the minimally invasive surgery such as operating through small incisions and avoiding cutting across large areas of tissue, which offers less blood loss, lower risk of infection, shorter hospitalization and quicker recovery time.
Robotic surgery is the latest innovation in minimally invasive surgery. The da Vinci surgical robot was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2000 and it is the world's most advanced robotic surgical system. But above all these, robotic surgery comes with 2 improved facilities compared to other minimally invasive procedures:
Better visibility means better identification of the problem. Increased identification possibility gives the ability to avoid surgical complications. Robotic surgery offers safeness and great precision in surgical procedures and even more, it widens the range of procedures to be performed by specially trained surgeons.
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Robotic surgery has all the characteristics of the minimally invasive surgery such as operating through small incisions and avoiding cutting across large areas of tissue, which offers less blood loss, lower risk of infection, shorter hospitalization and quicker recovery time.
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