Recent Advancements in Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Review from the Perspective of Robotic Surgery in the Philippines

This paper provides an overview of the recent advancements of robotic surgery, specifically in robotic minimally invasive surgery, focusing on the direction of robotic surgery in the Philippines. A brief introduction of robotic surgery is followed by the standards of the FDA on the general application of robotic surgical systems. This paper explores the different existing robotic systems and gives a brief description of their background, features, and its status regarding FDA-approval. The devices included in the discussion are restricted to complete robot surgical systems described as containing at least 1 robot arm with and end effector tool. Included in the list of systems are the Da Vinci, Raven, Mirosurge, Sehance, Flex Robotic, Versius and Sport. The paper also discusses the current status of the Philippines with regards to the availability and its position in the implementation of robotic surgical systems. The review concludes with a summary of the current advancements in robotic surgical systems, highlighting the most technologically advanced features of the current systems, and an overview of the future directives of the Philippines with regards to robotic surgery.