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My short answer would be a resounding No
Human anatomy has so many variations when there is no pathology.
Robots can not even
Comprehend 1%of this complexity.
The so called robots surgery in fact should be relabelled correctly as mechanically enhanced or modified surgery there are really no actual robotics involved. If you look at the real definition
It is a marketing gimmick by the Davinci corporation.just like their name.
But the robots are coming. A recent paper in Science Robotics proposed six different levels of autonomy for surgical robots.
My short answer would be a resounding No
Human anatomy has so many variations when there is no pathology.
Robots can not even
Comprehend 1%of this complexity.
The so called robots surgery in fact should be relabelled correctly as mechanically enhanced or modified surgery there are really no actual robotics involved. If you look at the real definition
It is a marketing gimmick by the Davinci corporation.just like their name.
But the robots are coming. A recent paper in Science Robotics proposed six different levels of autonomy for surgical robots.
Can Robots Take the Place of Surgeons?
And if they can, asks Skeptical Scalpel, should they?
In a recent post, I wrote about some unresolved issues with driverless cars and ended by saying, "So are you ready to have an autonomous robot perform your gallbladder surgery? I'm not."
But the robots are coming. A recent paper in Science Robotics proposed six different levels of autonomy for surgical robots."Manual control is a highly skilled activity, and skills need to be practiced continuously in order to maintain them. Yet an automatic control system that fails only rarely denies operators the opportunity for practicing these basic control skills ... when manual takeover is necessary something has usually gone wrong; this means that operators need to be more rather than less skilled in order to cope with these atypical conditions."
The authors say some devices are already at level three. A surgeon can tell a robot to put in a row of sutures, and the robot will do so without hands-on control by the surgeon.
Major issues -- cyber security, privacy, risk of malfunction resulting in harm to the patient -- arise as the robots approach complete autonomy. The cost of satisfying FDA regulations escalates as the robots take on more high-risk activities. For such a device, the cost of premarket approval approaches $100 million and takes 4.5 years to accomplish.
A completely autonomous level-five surgical robot will actually be practicing medicine, raising the question of robots not only requiring FDA clearance but also licensing by medical organizations and board certification. Will they need to take examinations and participate in maintenance of certification?
A huge problem already affecting
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