Is Robotic Surgery Better? Or Just Marketing?
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DaVInci robotics
This is more of a questions- Is there any psychological issues with the patient being operated on by metalic arms rather than the human hands of surgeon? That is- is there anyone saying anything about such a thing?
And as an added note - where are the savings if the machine has got to be paid for. No, patients are not in the hospital as long, possibly, but that cost has got to be carried over to paying for the machine.
Laparoscopic Robotic Marketing or New Weight Loss Stage.
Ok Mr. C., I fell for it the first time but I'm having a difficult enough time keeping myself alive with CPM, (Central Pontine Myelinolsis) ou know that disorder/disease that just popped up 50 years ago. BTW, have a another new name for it. How about MSP??? Multiple Sclerosis w/ a Parkinsons kicker. Hey A... After 30 Plus years as a professional in the "Furniture Industry," please tell me what does not have a severe shot of MARKETING in it??? As you know, I now also have over six years in trying to assist all the others who sadly enough, their metabolism also couldn't shake off the toxicity that the 48 to 72 hour MS on the iatrogenic marathon "In Hiding," helped the marketing ploy.
A.C. my friend, it's a shame to say when one marketing $$$$$ maker goes "Belly Up," (not in actual life or death) another is shortly behind it. G-d Bless and a Healthy Holiday to You.
Breeze and Franky (-~8


U.S. News's Avery Comarow has been editor of the America's Best Hospitals annual rankings since they first appeared in 1990. His reporting on clinical medicine, from the latest cholesterol guidelines to robotic surgery, has been driven by the question: What does this mean to patients? And that is the perspective he brings to his observations and commentaries on the increasing number of programs by hospitals and other healthcare providers to improve care and patient safety.


