In 2018 there were over 5,000 surgical robots in use at hospitals around the world. Over one million procedures were performed, spanning urology, gynecology, general surgery, orthopedics, neurology, otolaryngology, thoracic, bariatric, rectal and colon, multiple oncologies, and even dental implants and hair transplants. Robotic surgery is not a technology of the future, it is an active and effective technology of today. These devices are the tools of empowerment for the surgeon of the 21st century.

More than 5,000 surgical robots were used in more than 1 million procedures worldwide in the last year. These procedures spanned orthopedics, urology, general surgery, gynecology, neurology, thoracic, otolaryngology, bariatric, rectal and colon, multiple oncologies – even dental implants and hair transplants. Robotic surgery is no longer seen as a technology of the future – it’s an active and effective technology of today.

FEBRUARY 07, 2019     

About the author: Roger Smith, Ph.D., MBA, is the chief technology officer at the AdventHealth Nicholson Center.