Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery Principles and Practice
The initial chapters discuss the start of minimally invasive surgery and robotics. Subsequent chapters address starting up a robotics program and incorporating robotics into ones practice. The textbook next centers on specific robotic techniques or roboti
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Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery
Principles and Practice
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Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery
Vincent Obias Editor
Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery Principles and Practice
Editor Vincent Obias Department of Surgery Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery George Washington University Washington, DC, USA
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This book is dedicated to all of the surgeons who are courageous enough to thoughtfully utilize a new technology or technique to improve the outcomes of their patients, to question these advancements, to critically review and publish their results, and, once these surgeons are comfortable with their mastery, to continue to innovate and try new ideas.
Foreword
Issac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.1 Robotics, in its current form, is not the robot from fiction and movies. Rather, it is a mechanized computer interface that augments a surgeon’s innate abilities. Robotic surgery is a natural continuation of minimally invasive surgery that was pioneered by laparoscopists and endoscopists. As has been the case in many instances in science and industry, the advent of robotics has di
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