Chapter 5 Information Technology In Surgery 15 Questions And Answers
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___ is surgery performed through small incisions
minimally invasive surgery (MIS)
most minimally invasive procedures are done using a/an ___ -a thin tube, which can be connected to minuscule camera
endoscope
distance or ___ surgery performed by robotic devices controlled by surgeons at another site has been successfully performed
telepresence
one form of minimally invasive robotic surgery is called ___ surgery. it odes not require incisions. it is also called natural orifice surgery
endoluminal
the earlies use of a robot in surgery was in hip replacement operations, using the robot called
ROBODOC
___ works with objects "on the scale of atoms and molecules...a nanometer in one-billionth of a meter, that is 1/75,000 of a human hair. it hold promise in regenerative medicine
nanotechnology
is a robot developed to perform stereotactic neurosurgical procedures
MINERVA
___ is a system software required to connect the operating room hardware into a network that a surgeon can control the voice commands
AESOP
telepresence surgery (distance surgery) was first developed by ___
us department of defense
much computer-assisted surgery is said to be ___ -directed; the surgeon looks as a monitor, not directly at the surgical field
IMAGE