Robotic surgery - a step into the future

Abstract

Laparoscopic surgery has been widely diffused since 1990, having exponential growth since then. Contributed to this fact the obvious benefits of the avoidance of large abdominal incisions, less surgical trauma, less perioperative morbidity, smoother and faster postoperative recovery, wide acceptance by patients, who started demanding technology. In addition, many surgeons quickly joined the laparoscopy and there was a great cooperative effort worldwide. Unprecedented and widespread dissemination of knowledge occurred, especially because the view on a monitor and its easy recording and retransmission, unlike open surgery everyone could see the proceedings, or repeatedly on videos.