Can Leonardo da Vinci, a robot, perform vasectomy?

The third generation Da Vinci surgical robot can perform radical prostatectomy for patients. Like operating a gamepad, put the thumb and forefinger of both hands in the inductive finger sleeves on both sides of the operating system, and point your eyes at the 3D eyepiece on the control screen to do actions such as forward, backward, cut and pick. At the same time, Leonardo da Vinci's robotic arm flexibly performs the same actions on the patient: cutting and separating tissues, electrocoagulation to stop bleeding, twisting and knotting ... As the three arms cooperate with each other like "octopus" to peel off and constantly clean the lymph and tissues around the tumor, the prostate with tumor is completely removed.

After using Da Vinci, a single person can complete hundreds of fine surgical actions, and the surgical assistant is responsible for replacing Da Vinci's' finger' tools, such as electrocoagulation knives, scissors, tweezers and needle holders.

The biggest difference between a robotic arm and a human hand is that the robotic arm can perform actions that the human hand can't perform, such as turning and turning at random 36 degrees, and it can also go deep into places that the human hand can't touch, such as blood vessels, tissues and even cells, which exceeds the limit of the traditional surgical hand, and "cutting cancer" will be more accurate.

"In addition to these, the third-generation Leonardo da Vinci also added a single-hole surgical technique, and all the surgical steps can be completed by punching a keyhole-like hole in the patient."

So Leonardo da Vinci can perform vasectomy, but because of the high cost, each robot is worth about 2 million, so the cost of each operation is 2, to 3, higher than that of traditional surgery. The high cost, which needs to be stripped out and cannot be included in medical insurance at present, is the main disadvantage of the current surgical robot. However, from the clinical observation, the total cost of patients may not be higher because of fewer complications, faster recovery, shorter hospitalization time and no blood transfusion.