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What Will the OR of the Future Look Like? - July 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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4 5 J U LY 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E operating rooms," expects robots to play an even more futuristic- sounding role. "I firmly believe that we'll have little creatures, real robots that you can tell to push that over there, or hand me this thing. And I think there will be robots that are maybe a couple of centimeters tall that will be able to go inside the body and perform tasks. It's feasi- ble. Maybe not next year, but eventually." Angiography standard The OR of the future is also likely to come standard with nimble, multi- axis angiographic systems that can deftly swoop down and around patients, providing the precise imaging needed to accompany any proce- dure. "Those are going to be just as ubiquitous as robots," says Dr. Gewertz. "It makes a big difference if you can see the relationships among struc- tures. If you can clearly define the expanse of soft tumors and things like L O O K I N G A H E A D ELIMINATING STATIC The "OR 360" at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles includes movable walls, allowing the size of the room to be tailored to the proce- dure. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center OSE_1407_part2_Layout 1 7/3/14 8:49 AM Page 45

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