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Re:Robotic surgery turns surgical trainees into spectators by DoingIsLearning on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:21PM (#31991833)
> To learn from an alternative perspective, what might be an example of a patient condition or objective where robotic surgery may have a meaningful advantage over conventional surgery?

Stereotactic surgery in Neurosurgery.

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Re:Robotic surgery turns surgical trainees into spectators by slt2021 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:31PM (#31991947)
Aren't these non-intrusive and done using gamma knives?

I read somewhere that computer+radiologist perform the planning of beams and the gamma knive does all the work

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Re:Robotic surgery turns surgical trainees into spectators by DoingIsLearning on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:47PM (#31992143)
You still have biopsies, SEEGs and anything else that requires deep brain invasive action.
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Re:Robotic surgery turns surgical trainees into spectators by pineal on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:54PM (#31996197)
Another example is robotic-assisted pedicle screw insertion in patients with challenging spinal deformities
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Re:Robotic surgery turns surgical trainees into spectators by haldujai on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:30PM (#31996081)
Radiation oncologist*, this is far outside my (radiologist) scope!
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