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  • Microsurgery
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery

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  • Computer-assisted, robot-enhanced surgery offers tremor filtration and motion scaling.
  • These features may improve microsurgery by reducing surgeon hand tremor.
  • This study aimed to compare robot-enhanced and standard techniques for microvascular anastomoses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the efficacy of robot-enhanced versus traditional microsurgery techniques.
  • To evaluate anastomotic time, patency, and leak rates in microvascular procedures.
  • To assess the benefits of tremor filtration and motion scaling in robotic microsurgery.

Main Methods:

  • End-to-end anastomoses were performed on 1-mm rat femoral arteries using 10-0 sutures.
  • A comparison was made between traditional (hand) microsurgery and robot-enhanced (Zeus system) techniques.
  • All procedures utilized an operative microscope for visualization.

Main Results:

  • Thirty anastomoses were performed by hand and 31 with the Zeus system.
  • Robot-enhanced surgery demonstrated significant tremor filtration.
  • Hand anastomoses were faster (17.2 min) than robot-assisted (27.6 min) (P = 0.0006); all were patent and leak-free.

Conclusions:

  • The Zeus robotic system is capable of performing complex in vivo microsurgery.
  • No measurable benefit was observed from the tremor filtration and motion scaling of robot-enhanced surgery compared to traditional methods.