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Summary Background: Laparoscopic surgery is beneficial to the patient but challenging for the surgeon. The visual axis is not the same as the operative axis. The surgeon must manipulate long, sharp instruments through a fixed opening under the control of a two-dimensional monitor and without the help of any tactile sensation. The body cavity is penetrated by cannulas, which cannot be interchanged,...
Summary Background: The recent introduction of surgical robotic systems marks a new milestone in surgical medicine comparable to the laparoscopic approach in the late 1980s. At Innsbruck University Hospital we have been using the da Vinci™ robotic system (Intuitive Surgical, Mountain View, CA, USA) since June 2001. Our first general surgical experiences with this device and laparoscopic cholecystectomies...
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