ABSTRACT
The introduction of robotic technology for applications in surgery has been received with enormous enthusiasm. Even with obstacles such as acquisition costs and maintenance, robotic surgery is becoming widely accepted as a desirable alternative to traditional minimally invasive techniques. Precise instrument movements, three-dimensional visualization, and a magnified field of view are the primary reasons that robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery is a natural extension of conventional laparoscopic techniques. Moreover, in some types of cases, robotic surgery has even had a more accelerated evolution skipping the conventional laparoscopic technique altogether. A defined advantage of robotic surgery appears to be that it allows individuals who are not expert laparoscopists to perform complex minimally invasive techniques using the robot as an interface. This levels the playing field for traditional open surgeons to embrace the new robotic technology with little or no laparoscopic skills.
