Shanthi Pathirana And Pca Kam Analysis

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Shanthi Pathirana and Pca Kam wrote “Anesthetic Issues in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery” to inform readers of what they considered the greatest danger of robotic surgery. They argue that using anesthesia on patients undergoing robotic operations is dangerous due to the positions the patients are in, environment of the operating room, and preparation that robotic operations require. They examined different robotic procedures and researched which procedures were the most dangerous. They found that during a prostatectomy the table tilts the patient’s body with the feet above the head, which limits blood flow; a sheet covers the patient’s head, which limits the esthetician’s ability to see the patient’s breathing; and the robotic arms

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