'Artificial' doctors perform brain surgery super fast, only 2.5 minutes instead of 2 hours

Thanks to the help of robots with skull drilling techniques and invasion of brain areas, the time for brain surgery is reduced by nearly 50 times.

This artificial 'doctor' helps a 2-hour brain surgery just . 2.5 minutes.

Everyone knows that brain-related surgeries require extreme precision. Only a small mistake can paralyze and cause effects on the patient.

To minimize possible problems, the University of Utah team invented a robot capable of completing surgery with nearly 50 times shorter time. Specifically, according to CNN, this robot only takes 2.5 minutes to drill the skull instead of the usual 2 hours.

Robots gradually become a great assistant for surgeons.

This program is published in detail in the journal Neurosurgical Focus. In it, based on previous principles and experiments, robots are really capable of performing complicated surgeries. And that is the basis for initiating research.

The robot will be instructed to approach and process around the skull by entering the data obtained from the CT scans (a technique that uses multiple X-rays to scan an area of ​​the body in a transverse cut. with computer processing to get 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional images of the brain) into the robot program.

CT scans will tell doctors and programmers to clearly see the location of nerves or veins to control a robot. Operation of the robot will therefore not violate vulnerable areas.

Dr William Couldwell, the neurosurgeon of the group, told CNN: "We can program to safely drill a skull by using only CT scans of patients. This is also one of the most meticulous and time-consuming steps of the crew.

Shortening to only about 2.5 minutes for skull opening technique.

Not only will this increase the patient's ability to save lives, shortening the surgery time will also help save money compared to the long period of time.

The shorter surgery time will also help reduce the cost of each surgery, the cost of machines and personnel. Moreover, another plus is to help reduce the time of anesthesia for patients, which is one of the causes of neurological central nervous system complications.

Most patients and family members expressed fear and anxiety when hearing about the drilling of the skull. Therefore, with the accuracy that humans cannot achieve, these robots will ease the burden during surgery. It is clear that robotics and automation are gradually transforming the surgery industry, reducing complex stages with high sophistication and precision. This new direction will soon be applied.