Cybersurgery : advanced technologies for surgical practice

Author(s)

• Satava, Richard M.

Bibliographic Information

Cybersurgery : advanced technologies for surgical practice

Richard M. Satava, general editor

（Protocols in general surgery）

Wiley-Liss, c1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Developments in minimal access surgery are increasingly being driven by advances in technology. The operating room of the future will be a sophisticated mix of stereo imaging systems, microbots, robotic manipulators, virtual reality/telepresence workstations, and computer integrated surgery. This volume explores the emerging technologies that are revolutionizing modern surgical practice.

Table of Contents

• CYBERSURGERY.
• Cybersurgery: A New Vision for General Surgery.
• ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.
• Human Interface Technology.
• Advanced Display Devices.
• Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS).
• Virtual Reality.
• SURGICAL PRACTICE.
• Image--Guided Procedures and the Operating Room of the Future.
• Computer--Aided Surgery.
• Telepresence Surgery.
• Telemedicine, Telementoring, and Teleproctoring.
• ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS.
• Ethical, Legal and Moral Issues of Advanced Technologies.
• Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA33247181
• ISBN:
  • 0471158747
• LCCN: 97017142
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 201 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RD32
  • NLM : WO 500 C994 1998
  • DC21 : 617/.05
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Surgery, Operative -- Computer simulation
  • LCSH : Surgery, Operative -- Data processing
  • LCSH : Virtual reality in medicine
  • LCSH : Robotics in medicine
  • MESH : Surgery, Operative -- methods
  • MESH : Computer Simulation
  • MESH : Telemedicine
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA33247385