Robotic Surgery and the Impact on Education.!!

Robotic surgery is considered the future of surgery, the impact it has caused and the improvements in techniques have been very well approved by all.

This advance in technology has many advantages when it comes to medicine, for example, in the operating room greater dexterity and mobility, reduction of tremor which is also an advantage for the patient, allows the doctor to opt for an ergonomic position, all this allows the surgeon to have better access to the tissues and operate more accurately, of course the results for patients have been positive.

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As we have seen, this type of surgery has changed many things, not only the way of operating but also the way of teaching, and that implies retraining, since it is something new, perhaps for some it is easier for others not so much, but it is the future and it is time to update.

In previous years when this did not exist, because it was time to perform the surgeries without any kind of machine, only with the surgical instruments, the residents could not practice before a surgery because the surgery was done when the patient was in the operating room, today that has changed, of course I'm not talking about everyone, we know that in some countries not even think that comes.

For example, today with all this progress, there are simulations that can be performed on robots, and thus acquire the experience and skill before going to the operating room, which did not happen before, there are also models that recreate the tissues of the human being, ¿how does this impact education,? I think positively with regard to that the training time can be shorter, unlike before they had to wait until there was a patient with such a pathology.

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As everything has its advantages and disadvantages, for some doctors it is more relaxed from the point of view that they are not standing for 8 hours, for example, the robot can reach places inside the body that may be difficult for the doctor, the screen that increases everything, widens the field of vision, usually not as much blood is lost and recovery is faster.

On the other hand, there are positions that indicate the robotic processes that can be harmful to the patient, the robot will not have the same sensitivity or tactile response that humans have when cutting the skin, therefore they can injure nearby organs, burns could also be produced by the electrical current.

Everything has its pros and cons, but the important thing is to know the advantages and disadvantages, in the case of patients and doctors, for my part, my opinion is that robotic surgery will never be able to overcome the years of study and experience of operating alongside the patient, touching and feeling the organs is something that robots can not offer us, is a unique sensation.

Of course it is not bad to update and know how to do everything a little, you do not have to burn because you have to be at the level they ask us, but without forgetting that the most beautiful way to learn medicine is next to the patient not behind a robot.

For those of us who study medicine it can be innovative obviously, but we should not forget our roots as they say out there.