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ROBOT SURGERY. A VIEW FROM THE ANESTHESIOLOGY COCKPIT

The Anesthesia Consultant

Until the 1990s most abdominal surgery was done through an open incision. To remove a gall bladder or an appendix, the surgeon made an incision into the abdomen, inserted his hands and instruments, cut out the tissue under direct vision, and then sewed the abdomen together again. A gall bladder incision might be five inches long.

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THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DOCTOR VITA BY RICK NOVAK

The Anesthesia Consultant

Each arm was draped in clear plastic to keep The Bricklayer sterile when it entered her body through tiny incisions. On the operating table, the five robot arms reached into the abdomen though five one-centimeter incisions. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Give me the scalpel back,” Templeton said.