It doesn't have to be always dissection.

A doctor doesn't perform his first dissection

Since it's digital, we can do reverse dissection.

When I asked you to bring me a subject for dissection...

You know, cadaver dissection is the traditional way of learning human anatomy.

You're reading about this smart stuff, this intelligent dissection of the immune system.

So with this Anatomage Table, students can experience the dissection without a human cadaver.

Sentinel lymph node dissection has really changed the way that we manage breast cancer, melanoma.

So to address this, we developed with a Dr. Brown in Stanford virtual dissection table.

So we learned the majority of anatomic classes taught, they do not have a cadaver dissection lab.

And then if that node has cancer, the woman would go on to get the axillary lymph node dissection.

However, when we have a real patient on the table, this is the same neck dissection not so easy to tell the difference between different structures.

It was enough for her to make the decision to get her subsequent care with her private oncologist who, every time she went, examined both breasts including the axillary tail, examined her axilla carefully, examined her cervical region, her inguinal region, did a thorough exam.

And since this was introduced in 1999, a lot of these robots have been out and being used for surgical procedures like a prostatectomy, which is a prostate deep in the pelvis, and it requires fine dissection and delicate manipulation to be able to get a good surgical outcome.