Deck 5: Information Technology in Surgery-The Cutting Edge

Question 1

________ is a robotic surgical system, which will make possible minimally invasive microsurgery. It has three interactive robotic arms, one of which holds the endoscope, whereas the other two manipulate the surgical instruments.

A) HIPDOC
B) ROBODOC
C) AESOP
D) ZEUS

Answer 1

ZEUS

Question 2

In the ________, images from all sources will be integrated and available to surgeons and other personnel displayed on one central screen.

A) new operating room
B) computer operating room
C) operating room of the future
D) None of the above

Answer 2

operating room of the future

Question 3

One form of minimally invasive robotic surgery is called ________ surgery. It does not require incisions. It is also called natural orifice surgery.

A) augmented
B) virtual
C) simulated
D) endoluminal

Answer 3

endoluminal

Question 4

Most minimally invasive procedures are done using a/an ________-a thin tube, which can be connected to a minuscule camera.

Question 5

In computer-assisted surgery, the surgeon does not look at the patient; instead, he or she looks at a monitor on which is projected a picture of the patient. Thus, much computer-assisted surgery is said to be ________ directed.

A) picture
B) image
C) graphically
D) None of the above

Question 6

________ is a series of NASA missions in which groups of scientists live in Aquarius.

A) NIMO
B) NEEMO
C) CAPTainNemo
D) None of the above

Question 7

Most minimally invasive procedures are done using a/an ________-a thin tube, which can be connected to a minuscule camera. It projects an image of the surgical site onto a monitor.

A) camerascope
B) SurgiScope
C) endoscope
D) None of the above

Question 8

________ is an eye surgery that uses lasers to correct vision by changing the shape of the cornea.

A) EYELSIK
B) CORNEASLIK
C) LASIK
D) None of the above

Question 9

________ using light energy can be used in surgery to cut, vaporize tumors, and seal small blood vessels.

A) Lasers
B) Lights
C) Knives
D) None of the above

Question 10

In 2016, ________ was the first robot to operate on living soft tissue by itself.

A) STAR
B) ROBODOC
C) AESOP
D) None of the above

Question 11

________ is a computer-controlled, image-directed robot that performs hip replacements. The FDA approved it in 2008.

A) HIPDOC
B) ROBODOC
C) AESOP
D) ZEUS

Question 12

One form of minimally invasive robotic surgery is called ________ surgery. It does not require incisions. It is also called natural orifice surgery.

Question 13

________ or telepresence surgery performed by robotic devices controlled by surgeons at another site has been successfully performed.

A) Distance
B) Virtual
C) Augmented
D) None of the above

Question 14

Much computer-aided surgery is ________ invasive, performing surgery through small incisions.

A) maximally
B) middling
C) minimally
D) None of the above

Question 15

________ is a robot that can be clamped on a patient's back. Doctors take a picture of where the spine surgery will take place and a computer plans the robot's path.

A) BackRobot
B) SpineHelper
C) SURGIman
D) SpineAssist

Question 16

________ is surgery performed through small incisions.

Question 17

With ________ reality technology, the computer can create simulations and an environment that seems real, but is not.

A) augmented
B) virtual
C) simulated
D) None of the above

Question 18

________ is used as an assistant in endoscopic procedures. It holds and moves the endoscope under the direction of the surgeon.

A) HIPDOC
B) ROBODOC
C) AESOP
D) ZEUS

Question 19

Distance (or ________) surgery performed by robotic devices controlled by surgeons at another site has been successfully performed.

Question 20

The earliest use of a robot in surgery was in hip replacement operations, using the robot called ________.

Question 21

Much computer-assisted surgery is said to be ________-directed; the surgeon looks at a monitor, not directly at the surgical field.

Question 22

With ________ technology, the computer can create an environment that seems real, but is not.

Question 23

Through a combination of hardware and software, a ________ may be able to "see" via video devices and to "hear" through microphones using speech-recognition software.

Question 24

________ works with objects "on the scale of atoms and molecules....A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter," that is, 1/75,000 of a human hair. It holds promise in regenerative medicine.

Question 25

Because much computer-assisted surgery is image-guided, software has been developed that enhances what the surgeon sees. This kind of surgery is called ________ surgery. It makes use of computer-generated imagery to provide the surgeon with information that otherwise would be unavailable.

Question 26

________ disease has been treated with minimally invasive techniques for many years.

Question 27

Computer-assisted surgical planning involves the use of ________ technology to provide surgeons with realistic accurate models on which to teach surgery and plan and practice operations.

Question 28

Telepresence surgery (distance surgery) was first developed by ________.

Question 29

________ is a robot developed to perform stereotactic neurosurgical procedures.

Question 30

________ is system software required to connect the operating room hardware into a network that a surgeon can control with voice commands.