Robotic surgery is becoming more and more commonplace in hospitals across the United States. With the proliferation of this expensive equipment comes the pressure from hospital administrators to utilize the robotic surgery equipment which costs upwards of two million dollars. "Robotic Surgery" is used as a marketing tool by hospitals in an effort to show the hospital has the latest technology.

Unfortunately, the learning curve for physicians is steep and errors are common which often result in significant injury intraoperatively. The robotic arms are able to cut tissue and exert excess pressure on vital structures without the physician having a full understanding of the equipment and its danger since the surgeon is sitting at a remote console, not looking directly at the patient and full operative site.

There is only one FDA approved robotic surgery equipment system in the U.S. and it does not have "haptic feedback". In plain english the surgeon has no ability to feel the texture of the tissue or know how much pressure to exert. Often surgeons are reluctant to stop the robotic procedure and convert to a traditional "open" procedure which can result in further injury as they push the envelope to save face.

Procedures for prostatectomy, nephrectomy, cardiac valve replacement, endometriosis, myomectomies, hysterectomies and a host of other operations are now routinely performed and often result in significant complications requiring general surgeons to be called in to fix, many of which can result in lifelong disability and death.