Telesurgery: Translation Technology to Clinical Practice

The ability to extend the physical reach of a surgeon to treat a patient surgically in another locality was one of the many promises which came with the introduction of Robotic and Computer Assisted Technology into the field of surgery in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In fact, it was the possibility of using a robot as surgeons’ hands and eyes at a distance which led to some of the major grants from DARPA, NASA and NIH for the development of …