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Though they have been around since the late eighties, medical robots are increasingly being used to assist in surgeries, reducing the danger of human error and giving way to more precise processes for performing intricate tasks. The robotic model behaves similar to a person’s arm, enabling repetitive, controlled actions, appointed by the surgeon from a computer. Medical robots have been utilized in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and electrophysiology, gastrointestinal surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, radiosurgery to treat tumors, and urology to remove cancerous prostate glands, repair obstructed kidneys, repair bladder abnormalities and remove diseased kidneys.
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