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by DoingIsLearning 1442 days ago
> To learn from an alternative perspective, what might be an example of a patient condition or objective where robotic surgery may have a meaningful advantage over conventional surgery?

Stereotactic surgery in Neurosurgery.

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Aren't these non-intrusive and done using gamma knives?

I read somewhere that computer+radiologist perform the planning of beams and the gamma knive does all the work

You still have biopsies, SEEGs and anything else that requires deep brain invasive action.
Another example is robotic-assisted pedicle screw insertion in patients with challenging spinal deformities
Radiation oncologist*, this is far outside my (radiologist) scope!