Suturing and Knotting Techniques for Thoracoscopic Cardiac Surgery

Szabó, Zoltán; Avery, Gretchen; Sándor, András; Litwin, Demetrius E. M.

doi:10.1016/s0039-6109(05)70245-0

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“…A robotassisted surgery allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures. In several papers, the authors argue that in spite of this great success of robotic systems in medicine there are still unsolved problems [9,23,28,33]. For example, there is a problem with lack of force feedback acting during suturing.…”

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The analysis of forces needed for the suturing of elliptical skin wounds

Čapek

Jacquet

Dzan

et al. 2011

Med Biol Eng Comput

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There is a lack of information regarding the forces required for suturing human wounds. The knowledge of suturing forces serves as complementary information for setting up the limiting geometry when using tissue adhesives and it might also be used in robot-assisted surgery. The main purpose of this paper was to evaluate the forces required for suturing selected skin wounds. An elliptical wound was chosen for our study. In this study a numerical analysis and in vivo experiments were performed. Regarding the numerical models, the maximum forces occurred in the middle of the elliptical wound in all cases. In the case of highest pre-stress used in these analyses the maximal force varied from 0.5 N for the smallest wound (30 × 5 mm) to 1.5 N for the largest wound (30 × 15 mm). The maximum peak force for the wound with a size of 46 × 13 mm was 3.2 N. The minimum peak force for the wound with a size of 36 × 5 mm was 1.1 N.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The analysis of forces needed for the suturing of elliptical skin wounds

Čapek

Jacquet

Dzan

et al. 2011

Med Biol Eng Comput

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“…The training program was divided in two modules, each involving 21 h of practical work in the laboratory. In our experience, the basic program enhanced surgical dexterity for laparoscopic maneuvers such as dissecting, suturing, and tying [11,14,22].…”

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“…In our training program, surgeons have performed simple and complex surgical maneuvers successfully, and we suggest that minimally invasive surgery can be considered for cardiac applications by specialized surgeons [22]. Thoracoscopy has little effect on cardiac and respiratory function and gives an adequate surgical field in healthy animals.…”

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confidence: 99%