Title :
A Surgeon´s View: Experiences of Introducing Robots into the Operating Theatre
Author_Institution :
St James´´s Univ. Hosp., Leeds
Abstract :
A collection of slides from the authorpsilas seminar presentation is given: endoscopic surgery (minimal access surgery) is the execution of established and new surgical procedures using a remote manipulation within the close confines of body cavities or lumen of hollow organs under visual control via telescopes, cameras and television screens.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; endoscopes; medical computing; medical robotics; patient treatment; remote handling; body cavity; cameras; endoscopic surgery; hollow organs; lumen; medical robots; minimal access surgery; remote manipulation; telescope; television screen; visual control;
Conference_Titel :
Robotic Surgery: The Kindest Cut of All, 2006. The Institution of Engineering and Technology Seminar on (Ref. No. 2006/11372)
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-637-3
