title: Robotic surgery.
abstract: This article discusses the developments that led up to robotic surgical systems as well as what is on the horizon for new robotic technology. Topics include how robotics is enabling new types of procedures, including natural orifice endoscopic translumenal surgery in which one cannot reach by hand under any circumstances, and how these developments will drive the next generation of robots.
authors.affiliation: Minimally Invasive and Computer Assisted Surgery, 983280 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3280, USA. doleynik@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Dmitry
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oleynikov
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013523:Surgical Equipment