@Article{Witkiewicz2011,
journal="Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery",
issn="1731-5530",
volume="8",
number="3",
year="2011",
title="Why da Vinci surgical robot is needed for the development 
of Polish medicine. First Polish experience with the surgical robot 
in the Regional Specialized Hospital in Wrocław, Research \& Development Centre",
abstract="Many experts expressed the view that traditional laparoscopic surgery has reached the end of its development. Further enhancement of the instrumentation and surgical technique refinement are no longer able to make substantial progress to classic laparoscopic surgery. Therefore, great hopes are placed   in the dynamic development of surgical robots. Over the last­ de­cade, robotic surgery operations performed lapa­­ro­scopically mastered, and then, with additional capabili­ties, displaced la­paroscopy in some areas, and has become the reference pro­cedure. Additionally, after taking into account the costs incurred   by the hospital, social insurance and the patient during hospitalization and convalescence, robotic surgery turns out to be the cheaper method than conventional operations, or traditional laparoscopy.",
author="Witkiewicz, Wojciech
and Gawora, Patrycja",
pages="383--386",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Why-da-Vinci-surgical-robot-is-needed-for-the-development-r-nof-Polish-medicine-First-Polish-experience-with-the-surgical-robot-r-nin-the-Regional-Specialized-Hospital-in-Wroclaw-Research-Development-,40,17439,1,1.html"
}