Robotic surgery is somewhat controversial. I definitely think it has its place, mostly for very specific surgeries and circumstances. However, much like the JAMA article mentioned in the post, I have seen the da Vinci being used for routine hysterectomies that should take only an hour or a bit more with traditional surgery but instead was taking 4 or more hours with the robot. In my opinion, that is a huge waste of resources.
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Maybe law firms should be victims of bad robots.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me wrong, mistakes are made, most of which are minor accidents, but occasionally they are major and probably deserve punishment. I point was that it seems to me that often this robot is being used in circumstances where regular old-fashioned surgery would've worked just fine.
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