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01-12-2013 | Surgical Techniques and Innovations

Nanotechnology for Surgeons

Author: Shrikant Mali

Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery | Issue 6/2013

Abstract

Surgeons are constantly looking for minimally invasive ways to treat their patients, as recovery is faster when a lesser trauma is inflicted upon a patient, scarring is lessened and there are usually fewer complications in the aftermath of the operation. Through nanotechnology, tiny biosensors could be constructed which could take these factors into account, thus shortening a patients recovery period and saving hospitals money, reducing infection rates within the hospital, reducing the waiting lists for operation and allowing doctors to treat more patients in the same period of time. One of the greatest achievements of nanotechnology in surgery will be what we call the “ideal graft”; that is, biocompatible and durable “repairs” of parts of the body like arteries, joints or even organs. At first, these repairs will be used for healing, but soon afterwards, they will be used for transcendence: to enhance current human abilities.

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Title: Nanotechnology for Surgeons
Author: Shrikant Mali
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery / Issue 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0972-2068
Electronic ISSN: 0973-9793
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0726-y

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