Further Research for Robotic Surgery

            With any new technology, there is much research that still needs to be done before implementing robotic surgery as the primary means of surgery.  As previously stated: “[there is a] lack of scientific evidence that robotic surgery is any better than conventional operations,” (Anonymous 2011).  The author of the same journal later goes on to paraphrase what Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said, “ there are no randomized, controlled studies showing patient benefit in robotic surgery,” (Anonymous 2011).  This means that more randomized studies are needed.  These are essential in truly determining if the fact that “robotic surgeries take more time, keep patients under anesthesia longer and are more costly,” is really worth the shortened recovery and minimally invasive incision (Anonymous 2011).  Thus it is important to further develop the “trustworthiness” of the new technology and allow more time to find and correct any errors that perhaps have not occurred yet.