Alberta Report, June 25th, 2001
* A successful pioneering pilot study into robot-assisted keyhole heart operations could mean the new procedures will soon be replacing traditional, more painful heart surgery. Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine performed heart bypass surgery on 19 patients using a machine which allows the surgeon to use robot-controlled handles outside the body and a probe with a camera controlled by voice command. When the surgeon moves the handles, a computer converts the motion into precise movements 18 inches away, eliminating hand shake and making adjustments for the pivoting of the e...
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