Star Wars and Medicine Today

Darths Vader and Sidios: Join the empire today; free healthcare. maybe. if you're not a clone, and no pain killers, sorry.

As with medicine today one of the major and newer technologies is robotic surgery and robotic assist. Surgical robots, such as the da Vinci surgical system, allow surgeons to perform with greater precision and require smaller incisions. In a robotic surgery, the surgeon controls robotic arms with a remote manipulator or a computer. Common robot-assisted surgeries include prostate cancer tumor removal and bariatric surgery.