R2D2 in the OR
Executive Summary
For years, robotic surgery was regarded skeptically as space-aged medicine. But a new generation of minimally-invasive procedures involving the reconstruction of delicate and critical body structures is giving life to this technology. Now the domain of small companies, signs of interest by large device companies could give this industry a major boost.
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