title: Robotic renal and adrenal surgery.
abstract: Technology today is evolving at a dramatic rate. Quantum development has occurred in the area of robotic enhancement technology (RET) in the last decade. Incorporation of RET with advanced telecommunication technologies is a recent integration in medicine, with growth potential and application in the delivery of modern health care. There remain, however, many areas which need to be further improved and evaluated before clinical applications of the robot become accepted in adrenal and renal minimally invasive surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Dong-A University Hospital, 3Ga-1, Dongdaesin-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, South Korea. sunggt@daunet.donga.ac.kr
authors.forename: Gyung Tak
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Inderbir S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D013507:Endocrine Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D012106:Research; D012371:Robotics; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*