Will the surgeon on the operating table be “released”?

Remember the magical surgery robot "Da Vinci" of Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region? In the three years of the military's general family, "Da Vinci" and the surgeons passed through one after another.

Yesterday, the director of the hospital's Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Wang Qiuping and Xu Fenglei, together with the chief physician, once again challenged the human "throat restricted area" and successfully carried out the first robotic laser tumor resection in China. The addition of the laser knife also makes this operation more "high-end atmosphere."

Miss Li is 27 years old. Five months ago, Miss Li was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and her mass was in the throat. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning, Miss Li was promoted to the operating room. Under the shadowless lamp, the "Da Vinci" robot began its first difficult laser operation in China. After the patient underwent general anesthesia, the expert used the laryngoscope to open the patient's pharyngeal cavity. Director Wang Qiuping sat in front of the console to control the robot system. With the help of the assistant, the robot's two robot arms and camera system were placed in the entrance cavity. Subsequently, the "arm" of the "Da Vinci" robot carried the laser optical fiber and successfully completed the operation in the narrow pharyngeal cavity of the patient.

The second operation was an 80-year-old grandfather who was a patient with tongue root cancer. He also used a surgical robot to successfully remove the tumor with a laser.

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Dispel doubt

Will the surgeon be "layed off"?

The use of surgical robots "on the job" and the use of laser knives have made more operations less and less dependent on doctors. Does this mean that a large number of surgeons are " laid off"?

"The more advanced machines are all to be operated by people. It does not automatically operate for patients." Xu Fenglei said that traditional surgery still has its value and necessity, and it cannot be replaced by robots and laser knives.