Telemicrosurgery: A feasibility study in a rat model

Robotic assisted microsurgery in hypothenar hammer syndrome: a case report

“…The first of these is the lack of proprioceptive retrocontrol. In the present case, it was not possible to estimate the strength of closure of the dissection forceps [14,16], so there was a risk of twisting or fracturing the needle used for suturing if it were to be simultaneously manipulated by the two forceps. To prevent this, we decided to always handle the needle with only one Black Diamond forceps at a time.…”

“…Remarkable improvements have been associated with the use of this technique, including reduced surgical duration, improved safety and accuracy of surgical gestures, less bleeding, and improved comfort for the surgeon [9,10]. No clinical telesurgical case has yet been reported for limb microsurgery; however, many experimental studies have been published describing vascular suturing by tele-microsurgical techniques [11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

The future of robotics in hand surgery

“…Some time after experimental reports on millimetric vascular sutures [39,40], nervous repairs [41], and a limb replantation in a pig model [42] were published. To date, one study reports clinical use in microsurgery let aside a pedicle flap of the dorsal aspect of the foot [39].…”

Design and preliminary test results of a novel microsurgical telemanipulator system

“…Intuitive Surgical's DaVinci system has been tested in several procedures, with varying results [10]- [16]. The master-slave setup was found to be particularly useful in reducing tremor and facilitating the procedure in terms of ergonomics and accessibility.…”