Robot-assisted cardiac surgery:dilemma and development trends
Robot-assisted surgery,represented by the Da Vinci robotic surgical system,has been applied in China for nearly 20 years.Cardiac surgery was the first filed using robot-assisted surgery in China.However,its popularization and application is far from other disciplines due to multiple factors,including the development of minimally invasive cardiovascular technologies,the characteristics of cardiac surgery,the high cost of medical care,and the monopoly of foreign surgical robot technology.This paper aims to analyze the current status of robot-assisted cardiac surgery,briefly discuss the specific problems encountered in robot-assisted cardiac surgery and its development trends in China.