State-of-the-art da Vinci surgical robot, a medical apparatus popular in the United States hospitals, has been under the scrutiny due to reports that linked it to several death in patients, according to media sources. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Intuitive Surgical the approval to release da Vinci surgical robot in the market in 2000 and since then, it has been heavily marketed. Injured patients accused Intuitive Surgical of failure to notify the public regarding the possible troubles that can be experienced by the patients. Unfortunate incidences, such as puncturing of the organs and death, have left medical experts concerned.
Nowadays, da Vinci surgical robot is the biggest thing in the operating rooms in the US hospitals. Hysterectomy and different cancer surgeries uses this kind of minimally invasive technique. The small incision it creates during surgery may help minimize the patient’s risk for infection and at the same time, it helps shorten the recovery period.
The FDA wants to know whether the factors contributing to the increased number of reported injuries is frankly because of the growing number of robotic surgeries being done, or if they are being caused by the machine itself or by the surgeons, who, critics argue, may have been given inadequate training.
Intuitive Surgical have received complaints due to their product’s problem. Patients are suggested to gather information about robotic surgery and to talk to a doctor before deciding to undergo robotic surgery.
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- rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/14/18958967-robotic-surgery-is-high-tech-tour-de-force-but-is-it-safe?lite
- news.msn.com/science-technology/is-robotic-surgery-safe
- sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903141212.htm
- nydailynews.com/life-style/health/surgical-robot-scrutinized-fda-deaths-nightmares-article-1.
- travel.cnn.com/seoul/life/benefits-robot-surgery-exaggerated-critics-say-350439
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