Expanding the Utilization of Robotic Procedures in Urologic Surgery

Although the word “robot” was coined in 1921, only close to 70 years later were robotic devices developed to assist during surgery. Urology has always been at the forefront of endoscopic, minimally invasive, and robotic developments in medicine. Robotic prostatectomy signaled the emerging role of ro...

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Main Authors: Tareq Aro, Michael Mullerad, Gilad E. Amiel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rambam Health Care Campus 2017-10-01
Series:Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://www.rmmj.org.il/issues/35/787/manuscript
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spelling doaj-d331c70623864847913fe402daf4180f2020-11-24T23:20:07ZengRambam Health Care CampusRambam Maimonides Medical Journal2076-91722017-10-0184e004410.5041/RMMJ.10320Expanding the Utilization of Robotic Procedures in Urologic SurgeryTareq Aro0Michael Mullerad1Gilad E. Amiel2Urology Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelUrology Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelUrology Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelAlthough the word “robot” was coined in 1921, only close to 70 years later were robotic devices developed to assist during surgery. Urology has always been at the forefront of endoscopic, minimally invasive, and robotic developments in medicine. Robotic prostatectomy signaled the emerging role of robotic surgery in urology, but since then it has been applied to every urologic laparoscopic procedure.https://www.rmmj.org.il/issues/35/787/manuscriptLaparoscopyrobotic surgeryurology
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author Tareq Aro
Michael Mullerad
Gilad E. Amiel
spellingShingle Tareq Aro
Michael Mullerad
Gilad E. Amiel
Expanding the Utilization of Robotic Procedures in Urologic Surgery
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
Laparoscopy
robotic surgery
urology
author_facet Tareq Aro
Michael Mullerad
Gilad E. Amiel
author_sort Tareq Aro
title Expanding the Utilization of Robotic Procedures in Urologic Surgery
title_short Expanding the Utilization of Robotic Procedures in Urologic Surgery
title_full Expanding the Utilization of Robotic Procedures in Urologic Surgery
title_fullStr Expanding the Utilization of Robotic Procedures in Urologic Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Expanding the Utilization of Robotic Procedures in Urologic Surgery
title_sort expanding the utilization of robotic procedures in urologic surgery
publisher Rambam Health Care Campus
series Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
issn 2076-9172
publishDate 2017-10-01
description Although the word “robot” was coined in 1921, only close to 70 years later were robotic devices developed to assist during surgery. Urology has always been at the forefront of endoscopic, minimally invasive, and robotic developments in medicine. Robotic prostatectomy signaled the emerging role of robotic surgery in urology, but since then it has been applied to every urologic laparoscopic procedure.
topic Laparoscopy
robotic surgery
urology
url https://www.rmmj.org.il/issues/35/787/manuscript
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