Handbook of Robotic Surgery

Book excerpt: Handbook of Robotic Surgery serves as a primer covering the main areas of knowledge in robotic surgery. This comprehensive book provides essential information on all aspects related to robotic surgery from the present up to the future. Sections range from the historical background of robotic surgery up to more recent and future technological innovations such as: remote controls, surgically distant collaboration, simulators, modern surgical robotics, fluorescence guided surgery, and virtual reality. This book also contains sections dedicated to the safety conditions in surgery and patient protection, which will be suitable for surgeons, health professionals, and biomedical engineering professionals and students interested in immersing and initiating themselves in the field of robotic surgery.