Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Open Access

Review Article

Telesurgery and Robotic Surgery: Ethical and Legal Aspect

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, Craiova Emergency County Hospital, Phoenix Medical Centre, Craiova, Romania

²University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania

³Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Romania

*Corresponding Author:

Sidonia Maria Saceanu
Craiova Emergency County Hospital, Craiova, Romania
Tel: 0040745756590
E-mail: ssidoniam@yahoo.com

Received date: Jun 07, 2015; Accepted date: Jun 30, 2015; Published date: Jul 7, 2015

Citation: Saceanu SM, Angelescu C, Valeriu S, Patrascu A (2015) Telesurgery and Robotic Surgery: Ethical and Legal Aspect. J Community Med Health Educ 5: 355. doi: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000355

Copyright: © 2015 Saceanu SM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Robotic surgery is a surgical procedure that places a computer or a computer technology between the surgeon and patient during surgery and involves the total control of the surgeon. Telemedicine, telesurgery and robotic surgery are new concepts that are very necessary for the medical practice because of the many advantages and opportunities created. Legal and ethical implications linked to the use of telemedicine, telesurgery and robotic surgery should be clarified for proper use, and for eliminating uncertainty and skepticism. This paper is a review of ethical and legal requirements regarding telesurgery and robotic surgery.

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