Robots in Your Prostate

I know what you're thinking: "Where can I sign up?"

Here's the crazy part: robots are in all kinds of prostates—possibly even prostates you know.

In fact, as of 2007 the majority of surgeries for prostate cancer will be conducted with robotic assistance—a remarkable (even science fiction-esque) feat for a technology that only became available for routine clinical use just after the turn of the millenium.

One benefit of conducting surgery with robots is that, like little titanium elves, they can work in small spaces. This means small incisions, which speed recovery time. Plus, they essentially turn doctors into cybernetic super-doctors, giving them the ability to magnify what they're looking at, and to make tiny precise movements that would be difficult or even impossible if conducted without robot aid.

Read full story in Scientific American