Abstract
Intuitive Surgical incorporation launched the Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System. The Da Vinci Surgical Robot consists of three main components divided for the patient, the surgeon and the camera. This surgical system provides surgeries with minimal incisions and quick recoveries. The performance of the surgeon is still essential but the automated arms execute his command with accuracy and precision. Therefore, it reduces the hospital stays. In addition, the instruments of this robot give accurate and precise actions. However, Da Vinci is very expensive and requires excessive training for staff and surgeons. Also, the equipment of this system requires a wide space. After the FDA approval, Da Vinci Robot was used for several types of surgeries …show more content…
The robot generally costs $1,390,000. In addition to the cost of the robot, and its quality control and quality assurance, its disposable non-reusable supply cost is normally $1,500 for each operation performed. This is an indication that the cost of the procedure is higher (Kolata, 2010). Those financial issues make the robotic assisted surgeries more related to the financial status of the patients.
Additional medical training for the staff and medical personnel using this technology is needed to operate the system (Finkelstein et al., 2010). Specialists report that, in spite of the fact that the producers of the Da Vinci robotic system provide training sessions on this new technology, the learning stage is serious and specialists must work on twelve to eighteen patients before they adjust. During the training phase, minimally invasive operations can take longer time than the in surgeries performed by well-trained specialists, up to double the duration. This can lead to an increase in the number patients waiting for free the operating rooms and a need for longer anesthesia periods by the surgical staffs to keep patients under surgery for a longer period. Patient surveys indicate they chose the procedure based on expectations of decreased morbidity, improved outcomes, reduced blood loss and less pain (Estey, 2009). Higher expectations may explain higher rates of dissatisfaction and regret (Finkelstein et al., 2010). Also this gives rise to another problem, the lack of trained
Intuitive Surgical incorporation launched the Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System. The Da Vinci Surgical Robot consists of three main components divided for the patient, the surgeon and the camera. This surgical system provides surgeries with minimal incisions and quick recoveries. The performance of the surgeon is still essential but the automated arms execute his command with accuracy and precision. Therefore, it reduces the hospital stays. In addition, the instruments of this robot give accurate and precise actions. However, Da Vinci is very expensive and requires excessive training for staff and surgeons. Also, the equipment of this system requires a wide space. After the FDA approval, Da Vinci Robot was used for several types of surgeries …show more content…
The robot generally costs $1,390,000. In addition to the cost of the robot, and its quality control and quality assurance, its disposable non-reusable supply cost is normally $1,500 for each operation performed. This is an indication that the cost of the procedure is higher (Kolata, 2010). Those financial issues make the robotic assisted surgeries more related to the financial status of the patients.
Additional medical training for the staff and medical personnel using this technology is needed to operate the system (Finkelstein et al., 2010). Specialists report that, in spite of the fact that the producers of the Da Vinci robotic system provide training sessions on this new technology, the learning stage is serious and specialists must work on twelve to eighteen patients before they adjust. During the training phase, minimally invasive operations can take longer time than the in surgeries performed by well-trained specialists, up to double the duration. This can lead to an increase in the number patients waiting for free the operating rooms and a need for longer anesthesia periods by the surgical staffs to keep patients under surgery for a longer period. Patient surveys indicate they chose the procedure based on expectations of decreased morbidity, improved outcomes, reduced blood loss and less pain (Estey, 2009). Higher expectations may explain higher rates of dissatisfaction and regret (Finkelstein et al., 2010). Also this gives rise to another problem, the lack of trained