Definition

1. Noun:
   • A form of microsurgery: A surgical procedure characterized by extreme precision, performed on minute structures, such as small blood vessels or nerves.
   • Performed via robotic manipulation: In this specific type, the surgeon does not operate directly on the patient. Instead, the surgeon controls a robotic system from a console, and the robot's mechanical arms execute the surgical actions.
   • Conducted remotely: The defining feature of "telesurgery" is that the surgeon's console can be located at a significant physical distance from the patient and the robotic arms, enabling surgery to be performed over long distances.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The hospital pioneered the use of robotic telesurgery for complex cardiac procedures.
  • Advances in robotic telesurgery could allow a specialist in one country to operate on a patient in another.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in discussions about the future of medicine, surgical innovation, and overcoming geographical barriers to specialized healthcare.
• It implies a combination of advanced technologies: robotics for precise mechanical movement, telecommunications for real-time data transfer, and sophisticated software for interface and control.

Variants and Related Words

• Telesurgery (n): Surgery performed at a distance, which may or may not involve a robotic system.
• Robotic surgery (n): Surgery performed with the aid of a robotic system, which may not necessarily be performed remotely (i.e., the surgeon is in the same operating room).
• Teleoperation (n): The general operation of a machine or system from a distance.

Synonyms

• Remote robotic surgery
• Telepresence surgery

Related Phrases

• Surgical robot: The physical robotic system used in such procedures.
• Master-slave manipulator: A technical term describing the control system where the surgeon's movements (master) are replicated by the robot's arms (slave).

Noun

1. microsurgery in which the surgeon performs surgery by manipulating the hands of a robot