Robotic Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Past and Present

Abstract

Development and evolution has accompanied the human race since the very beginning-technical, economic or social. Curiosity of the human mind and need of the hour has led to consistent discoveries and inventions. Medical sector has perennially faced the challenges of expansion and ability to provide new and better ways of diagnosis and treatment, reducing risk and cost and enhancing overall benefits. Robotic surgery is the beginning of one such revolution in surgical sphere, considered a paradigm shift by many. This innovative technology has been implemented in the field of cardiac surgery and its use has proliferated over the last 15 years. The anesthesiology team also requires coping up with the new challenges.