Navigation and robots

Abstract

In these last years orthopaedic surgey the words navigation, computer and ribot, have been associated to a pure research branch within no relations to practical solution. However, mini-invasive surgery have increased the interest in tools which permits to obtain correct alignment soft-tissue balance without major damage to the tissue. The authors reports a brief history in your experience about orthopaedic computer assisted surgery.

Computer-Assisted to Personalized Excision of Bone Tumor and Precise Bone Reconstruction

“…It will cause deviation if we cut the tumor in the surgery by our eyes or rulers, sometimes the deviation cannot be accepted. The surgery navigation system is helpful, but the system costs too much money and time [2]. The way that computer assisted manufacturing surgery templates has good effect.…”

Using an image-guided navigation system for localization of small pulmonary nodules before thoracoscopic surgery

“…One of the newest advances in minimally invasive thoracic surgery is the development of telerobotics VATS. The IGS is an ancillary system to most telerobotics [4,11]. We believe the technique may facilitate the telerobotics VATS.…”

Mini-invasive computer assisted bi-unicompartimental knee replacement

“…Recently, computer-assisted UKR surgery has been developed. This provides the surgeon with new tools for checking limb alignment and ligament balance during the procedure and thus reduces the complications which have been associated with failures in the past (10) . Compared to total joint replacement, bi-unicompartmental prosthesis can correct joint deformity three-dimensionally, without harming the ligament apparatus or having to use intra-medullary instrumentation with the minor risk of bone loss and unsolvable joint infection.…”