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Robotic surgery has only been around since the early 2000s, but in certain surgical fields it has already overtaken traditional surgery. Now it is poised to change the nature of of surgery forever. In Hospital Clinic Barcelona they have worked with the Da Vinci robot for 3 years, with good surgical results and positive feedback from the surgical team. What is most remarkable about robotic surgery is what the future may hold. Telemedicine, long-distance operations, single-incision ports, among others, are possibilities provided provided by robotics. Wednesday 1st February, AIS Channel broadcast live, from the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, a robotic approach to sigmoidectomy by Dr. Antonio M. Lacy and Dr. Ana Otero for a neoplasia of the sigmoid colon in order to show how to perform a robotic surgery in a colorectal field.
