Who’d have thought that a boyhood fascination with Voltes 5 would lead to a stellar career in cutting-edge surgery?
Growing up in the 70s, Jason Letran would rush home from school to catch the 6 p.m. robot shows, which his parents allowed as an exception to the “no TV during study period” rule, as long as he stayed on the honor roll. Aside from that “precious half hour” of TV time, he was rewarded for his good grades with die-cast metal robot toys, all “still standing proudly in my display cabinet today.”
But there are differences, Letran explains: “In laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon uses long-handled instruments inserted through small incisions in the patient’s body. These instruments are rigid and controlled directly by the surgeon’s hands. In robotic surgery, the surgeon sits at a console and operates robotic arms with miniature instruments. The surgeon’s hand movements are translated into precise movements of the robotic arms, allowing for greater dexterity and precision.
The patient cart is the actual robot, with four arms that hold instruments as small as 8-10 millimeters , allowing the surgery to be done through incisions of only 5-12 mm. The actual motions of the robotic arms inside the patient can be seen on the screen mounted on the vision cart. How far can robotic surgery go? “In the future you may have an expert or specialist in another country actually do the surgery from where he is, without having to fly him in to Manila,” Ang enthuses.
Our engineers must build “turtle ships.” Such ships would fend off Chinese ramming, laser gunning and water cannoning in our seas.
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