A good year ago, the Surgical Innovation Training Lab (SITL) opened in Chicago, in the basement of the University of Illinois at Chicago Health. It is going quite well:
"Prof. Giulianotti is a pioneer in robotic surgery, his Italian accent and
well-tailored suits giving him the air of an orchestra conductor, even
when he’s not behind a console. It is his mission to create a world in
which the “dream surgery” — one enhanced by digital technology and
robotics — is a reality. This reality, according to Guilianotti, would
provide for safer, faster, and better surgical procedures.
He is
hands-on in creating that world right now, testing out a new surgical
robot in the Surgical Innovation Training Laboratory (SITL), UIC’s
17,000 square foot facility beneath the streets of the city’s West
Side.
Surgical robots are not without their drawbacks, however.
Cost can be a challenge, both in acquiring the robots themselves and in
training the surgeons to use them. They take time to properly set up,
limiting their usefulness in, for example, a battlefield situation.
But
advancements in robotic surgeries and towards that digitally-enhanced
dream surgery are being made — and Guilianotti and SITL are leading the
charge."
Source: Freethink
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