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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Megatrends - January 2018

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3 6 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 8 W hen you think about robotic surgery, "da Vinci" probably comes to mind, and with good reason. The da Vinci Surgical System has had a strangle- hold on the robotics market ever since its launch in 2000 and is still the go-to platform for robotic-assisted abdominal surgery. But that might not be the case Rise of the Robot Market competition and specialty-specific platforms will make robotic-assisted surgery commonplace. Brielle Gregory | Associate Editor • HELPING HAND Joseph Nessler, MD, a surgeon at St. Could (Minn.) Orthopedics, believes the use of robots will increase sig- nificantly over the next 5 years. Joseph Nessler, MD

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