Article on Robotic Surgery

[Anonymous]

Dont work for ISI, but if you honestly think they are making lap chole their next prostate then you go ahead and keep thinking that... I think everyone in the world pretty much knows robo lap chole is overkill. I'd be more worried about what's after lap chole...

Its just a stepping stone to for General surgeons to become more comfortable with robot when performing more advanced and complex procedures. Look at how Uros learned how to do prostates... they started by doing radical nephrectomy (Did those Uros continue doing rad neph with robot? Some, but most went back to their lap technique).

The GS' I know arent excited about robo lap chole. Theyre excited about distal panc, bypass, low anteriors, debulking, whipples.

SPOT ON!!!!

For someone not working for Intuitive, this is the most logical post i've seen in this thread. Too many people get wrapped up in the "now" for intuitive. The real win is what's coming.

 

[Anonymous]

Dont work for ISI, but if you honestly think they are making lap chole their next prostate then you go ahead and keep thinking that... I think everyone in the world pretty much knows robo lap chole is overkill. I'd be more worried about what's after lap chole...

Its just a stepping stone to for General surgeons to become more comfortable with robot when performing more advanced and complex procedures. Look at how Uros learned how to do prostates... they started by doing radical nephrectomy (Did those Uros continue doing rad neph with robot? Some, but most went back to their lap technique).

The GS' I know arent excited about robo lap chole. Theyre excited about distal panc, bypass, low anteriors, debulking, whipples.

General surgeons are getting into the game b/c of single site robot chole, not just the novelty or training. And if you have general surgeons doing distal pancs and whipple's, I feel bad for the patients.

 

[Anonymous]

Dont work for ISI, but if you honestly think they are making lap chole their next prostate then you go ahead and keep thinking that... I think everyone in the world pretty much knows robo lap chole is overkill. I'd be more worried about what's after lap chole...

Its just a stepping stone to for General surgeons to become more comfortable with robot when performing more advanced and complex procedures. Look at how Uros learned how to do prostates... they started by doing radical nephrectomy (Did those Uros continue doing rad neph with robot? Some, but most went back to their lap technique).

The GS' I know arent excited about robo lap chole. Theyre excited about distal panc, bypass, low anteriors, debulking, whipples.

Agreed, but ISI needs high-volume procedures to hit their sales number and justify their stock price, which is why they will promote robo chole as some kind of revolution in care. A GS that does 20 whipples and/or LAR per year is a non-factor.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm amazed that general surgeons who used to bitch about reimbursement rates and no clinical advantage of single incision surgery for a lap chole are now using the robot to do single incision robotic lap choles. What a complete waste of money with no clinical advantage.