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Future Directions of Robotic Surgery: A Case Study of the Cornell Athermal Robotic Technique of Prostatectomy

Robert Leung, Tara S. Kim, Ashutosh Tewari

Year
2006
Citations
3
Access
Open access

Abstract

Robotic radical prostatectomy (RRP) has become an effective modality in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. We detail the experience at our institution and provide a perspective for future considerations of RRP with respect to improved preoperative imaging and surgical instrumentation.

Keywords

ProstatectomyProstate cancerRobotic surgeryPerspective (graphical)Modality (human–computer interaction)Instrumentation (computer programming)Medical physicsMedicineComputer scienceGeneral surgery

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