FEBRUARY 17, 2012

European Urology - Will Robotic Surgery Become the Gold Standard for Radical Prostatectomy?

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Volume 51, Issue 1, Pages 9-11 (January 2007)

1. The worldwide spread of robotic surgery

The robotic assistance by the da Vinci surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) offers to surgeons a sophisticated tool to perform complex laparoscopic surgery. With a global cost of approximatively 1 million euros, the da Vinci robot was developed for the military and sold to private industry.




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