Robotic surgery training

Abstract

Robot-assisted surgery emerged in the 2000s and has grown almost exponentially in the last decade. The use of robotic-assisted surgery has increased 10–40-fold more than that of laparoscopic surgery for general routine procedures.1 The continuous improvement of robotic platforms has allowed surgeons to overcome the limitations of conventional laparoscopy, such as 2D visualization and long instruments that do not accurately reproduce human wrist movements. Robotic systems provide high-definition 3D visualization, giving control of the camera to the surgeon. Robotic platforms have surgical instruments with intracavitary joints that reduce tremors, reproducing the movements of the surgeon on the console with great accuracy.