Fig. 1: Operative room setup.
From: The rise of robots in surgical environments during COVID-19
a, Traditional operative room setup. b, Current operative room setup during a robotic surgery procedure. The surgeon directs the robot remotely to carry out the operation. Compared to a, a reduced number of team members is in direct contact with the patient. c, State of the art in contactless robotic surgery, where the entire team operates from a safe distance to the patient. An ablation procedure is performed on an isolated patient. The surgeon sits in a control zone outside the operating theatre and directs the surgery from a remotely controlled electromagnetic navigation system (eMNS).
