Robotic-Assisted Internal Fixation of Femoral Fractures

Abstract

Closed surgical techniques for the internal jixation of4moral fiacture&equire orthopaedic surgeons to work in close proximity to X-rays. In addition to the occupational health risk this imposes, inexperienced surgeons often encounter great dificulty in achieving optimal positioning of fiacture repair $fixtures. A vision-guided robotic system has been proposed as a problems and an initial investigation involving two exemplar orthopaedic procedures has been undertakedobotic surgery assistants imposes rigorous safety-related design constraints, since the orthopaedic robot must operate in close proximity to the patient and operating staff: The design and implementation of a purpose-built robotic system for orthopaedic surgery assistance is described in this paper.

Forces and torques during fracture reduction: Intraoperative measurements in the femur

“…15,16,23 The only published robot-assisted fracture reduction was performed on artificial bones without any counteracting forces and torques. 23 For tests on cadavers or human beings, knowledge of the relevant reduction forces and torques is necessary.…”

“…Special reduction devices for minimally invasive procedures, including robotic assistance, were recently proposed. [15][16][17] Counteracting soft-tissue forces and torques is the main problem in achieving and maintaining fracture reduction. The design of any reduction device should account for these biomechanical parameters.…”

Telemanipulated Long Bone Fracture Reduction

“…And so far, no commercially available robotic system exists, which supports fracture reduction procedures. Femoral www.intechopen.com fracture reduction utilizing a robotic assistance system was first described by BouazzaMarouf et al in the year 1995(Bouazza-Marouf et al, 1995. However, they just declared requirements for the reduction tool and did not publish anything about an implemented system or experimental results of fracture reductions performed by a robot.…”

A novel master–slave teleoperation robot system for diaphyseal fracture reduction: a preliminary study

“…Only a few such robot systems have been developed so far. The robot-assisted reduction and fixation of femoral shaft fractures was first described by Bouazza-Marouf et al [5]. They stated the reduction tool requirements; however, they did not publish any experimental results.…”