Reading Unit 9 "Robotic Surgeons"

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Paragraph One Introduces the topic by stating that while robots in the operating room were once only seen in science fiction movies, they are now a reality.

     
 

Paragraph Two discusses the high level of trauma inflicted on the body by older methods of invasive surgery

     
 

 

Paragraph Three introduces the technique of keyhole surgery and explains how it is performed

     

 

Paragraph Four looks at the latest technology of the da Vinci Surgical System

     
 

 

Paragraph Five looks at the benefits and the drawbacks of the da Vinci System. The passage concludes by pointing out that robots may become a permanent future of the operating room.