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A Teleoperated Robotic System-Assisted Percutaneous Transiliac-Transsacral Screw Fixation Technique
Published on: January 6, 2023
[Robots in the operating room-(co)operation during surgery]
F Mathis-Ullrich1, P M Scheikl1
1Institut für Anthropomatik und Robotik (IAR), Health Robotics and Automation Laboratory (HERA), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Engler-Bunte-Ring 8, 76131 Karlsruhe, Deutschland.
Background:
Medical robotics has the potential to improve surgical and endoluminal procedures by enabling high-precision movements and superhuman perception.
Objectives:
To present historical, existing and future robotic assistants for surgery and to highlight their characteristics and advantages for keyhole surgery and endoscopy.
Methods:
In particular, historical medical robots and conventional telemanipulators are presented and compared with minimally invasive continuum robots and novel robotic concepts from practice and research. In addition, a perspective for future generations of surgical and endoluminal robots is offered.
Conclusion:
Robot-assisted medicine offers great added value for quality of intervention as well as safety for surgeons and patients. In the future, more surgical steps will be performed (semi-)autonomously and in cooperation with the experts.
