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A survey of literature shows no convincing evidence that robotic surgery is better than minimal access or open surgery, making its widespread adoption in India currently untenable.
The author argues against the widespread adoption of robotic surgery in India, citing a lack of evidence for its superiority over minimal access or open surgery.
The use of Robotic Surgery as a purported adjunct and aid to Minimal Access Surgery (MAS) is growing in several areas. The acknowledged advantages as also the obvious and hidden disadvantages of Robotic Surgery are highlighted. Survey of literature shows that while Robotic Surgery is "feasible" and the results are "comparable" there is no convincing evidence that it is any better than MAS or even open surgery in most areas. To move "Robotic Surgery is ready for prime time in India" with no less than two dozen robots, many sub-optimally utilized for a population of 1.2 billion seems untenable.
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Tehemton E. Udwadia (2014) conducted an editorial in Surgery. Robotic Surgery vs. Minimal Access Surgery (MAS) or open surgery was evaluated. A survey of literature shows no convincing evidence that robotic surgery is better than minimal access or open surgery, making its widespread adoption in India currently untenable.
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