Saturday, February 2, 2019

Danielle O’Malley
Professor Tallon
Info Systems
2/1/19
Robotic Surgery
Advancements in technology have lead to major improvements in health care. A prime example of this would be Robotic surgery. Tiny robots can easily enter the human body without the need for incisions. I agree with the article “Benefits Of Robotic Surgery” on the effectiveness of these robots. I believe this advancement has revolutionized surgery. These robots allow for less invasive surgeries so that patients can recover quicker, experience less pain, reduced blood loss, and avoid scarring. Not only is this experience far more enjoyable for the patients but it is also cost effective. The rapid recovery time means patients spend less time occupying a hospital bed and the reduced risk of infection saves them from a potential second visit. The article “Benefits of Robotic Surgery” eases the minds of those who are skeptical to trust the accuracy of these robots by detailing “the robots hands have a high degree of dexterity...greater visualization, and greater precision”. These robots effectively increase outcome reliability and improve the experience while being cost effective for the patients. Though these robots  dramatically improve surgeries, they are many types of surgeries these robots would not have to comprehension to adapt to critical human variations surgeries. Every patient is physically composed differently and while a doctor can identify patients physical variations and comprehend medical to a deeper extent than a machine would be able to.
Though limited as of now, as this technology continues to be approved other surgeries could be adapted to be completed through the robots. As of the surgery’s now that have the ability to be done through robots are improved exponentially.  These improvements, even when only applied to surgery’s that are currently capable through the robots, are exponentially beneficial saving patients moneys and doctors time. As technology, such as these robots, continue to evolve health care will continue to improve. These innovations open new doors for technology, improving general health care.
Whiles doctors are still needed during surgery to control the robots through a computer, the robots are designed to reduce the aftermath of surgery. Patients no longer have to endure long incisions for many procedures and the lack of invasions leaves patients scarless. This adds to practicality for those who would want to seek treatment after attaining scars as they are harder to remove than to prevent. However robots could never replace human surgeons entirely.  In the article “ Robot- Assisted- surgery”  Dr. Orday states “ I believe tissue is very dynamic. There are too many variables – the strength of the tissue, the texture, and how it stretches and reacts to tension and energy is extremely variable patient to patient. It’s too much data to input at the moment to believe that AI can completely take over”. Whilst these robots will continue to significantly aid hospitals, technology could never be well rounded enough to completely take over.
The robots are relatively new and are already performing at a high level. These improvements will only grow from here. As scientist continue to explore the possibilities of robot surgery, technology will adapt and improve general health care by virtually eliminating the risk of a human surgeon making common human errors during surgery and the smaller incision reduces risk of infection for the patient. These robots will only continue to revolutionize healthcare and improve treatment in general.

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1 comment:

Oliver Gardner said...

I really enjoyed reading your article on the use of artificial intelligence in the medical world. While I support the use of robots in the medical field it is good to hear that they will not be replacing humans quite yet. I decided to further research the topic and found some interesting uses of AI in the practice of medicine. One way scientists and doctors plan to use technology is through smart speakers similar to Siri and Alexa. Doctors believe that they can use this speakers to faster update patient records as well as diagnose common illnesses and issues. The article later discusses of virtual reality could be used to help patients. Doctors are hoping to use virtual reality with patients who suffer from things such as PTSD or mental illnesses. VR would be helpful in making the experience more relaxing as well as effective in helping the patient cope with their issue. I hope that both scientists as well as doctors continue push the field of technology in medicine in order to help as many patients as possible.

https://www.itnewsafrica.com/2019/02/your-future-doctor-may-be-a-robot-this-is-the-rise-of-ai-in-medicine/