If you need surgery anytime soon,there is an increasing likelihood your surgeon will be assisted by a robot.For many urological procedures,such as prostatectomies for prostate cancer,robotassisted surgery is now the standard-of-care,said Benjamin Chung,a urologist and director of robot surgery at Stanford University in Palo Alto,California.Chung estimates that as many as 90%of prostatectomies in the United States are performed with robotic assistance[1];this fraction surpasses 60%for partial nephrectomies,and 27%for radical nephrectomies[2,3].“Over the last 20 years,it has progressively become more and more common,”said urologist Andrew Hung,director of robotic simulation and education at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.While its adoption has been particularly strong in urology and gynecology,robotic surgery is also making inroads in other surgical sub-specialties.According to the global consulting firm Frost&Sullivan,while only 5%–10%of all open surgical procedures involved robot assistance in 2016,the devices have the potential to penetrate as much as 50%of all surgical procedures[4].Another recent market intelligence report estimates the size of the global surgical robotics market at$4.71 billion USD in 2018 and projects it to surpass$15.43 billion USD by 2029[5].
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