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.
