Da Vinci machines are awesome. If it worked well, no surgeon in their right mind would resist it.

You see, one of the hazards of surgery is what we call a “sharps injury”. This is where you accidentally cut your finger with a scalpel or suture needle while performing surgery. This is a big deal, because if the patient you are operating on has HIV, Hepatitis C, etc… the surgeon could get infected because there may be patient’s blood on the scalpel/suture needle.

With davinci, the risk of getting HIV/Hep C from a patient is eliminated.

So, why aren’t all urologists/surgeons using da vinci? Cost is a major factor.