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chiefalchemist
on Nov 6, 2017
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Robot-assisted surgery associated with longer oper...
Also, doesn't the robot approach enable off-site doctors to perform the procedure?
Cerium
on Nov 6, 2017
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No. None of the current systems enable that, since a surgeon needs to be ready to take over if the system becomes unavailable due to some failure.
rsingla
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Indeed! From what I know of prior research, the latency issues with regards to remote control of these robotic systems was unlikely to ever reach clinical use but has been explored to a small degree.
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