Written by renowned experts from Australia, Canada, the United States, Asia, and Europe, Telesurgery explains technical issues, digital information processing, and provides collective experiences from practitioners in different parts of the world who perform a wide range of telesurgery applications. This includes transatlantic telesurgery and telesurgery for urology, brachytherapy, Heller myotomy, etc. There are numerous graphics and clinical photographs throughout, which illustrate and illuminate the text well, providing high-quality visual reference material.
Telesurgery lays the foundation for the globalization of surgical procedures, making possible the ability of a surgeon located in one part of the world to operate on a patient located in another.

Introduction to Telesurgery

Computer-Assisted Remote Surgery
Telesurgery in Urology
Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Brachytherapy for Lung Cancer
Robotic-Assisted Heller Myotomy
Robotic-Assisted Surgery: Low-Cost Options
The Tele-Echography Robot: A Robot for Remote Ultrasonic Examination
Information Support for Telesurgery
Haptics in Telerobotic Systems for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Robotic Surgery in Ophthalmology
Telesurgery and Computerized Smell Simulators
Telementoring in Endocrine Surgery
Training in Telesurgery: Building a Successful Program
Telesurgery and The Law
Telesurgery: An Audit
Glossary
Index.