Minimally invasive (endoscopic-computer assisted) surgery: Technique and review

6 Computer-assisted Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery State of the Art 6.2 Computer-assisted Orthopaedic Surgery

With the advent of precise preand intraoperative imaging means, the development of sophisticated image data visualization, and the accessibility of submillimetric, real-time tracking of objects in space, surgical navigation systems have been created that aim at enhanced surgical accuracy and ultimately improved clinical outcome [3, 6, 9, 13, 17, 20]. Numerous studies have shown the superiority ...

Systematic review protocol: robotically-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.

The primary outcome measure is safety, including mortality and morbidity (intraoperative outcomes: operative duration, cross-clamp time, conversion rates; perioperative outcomes: myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, neurological adverse events, bleeding, transfusion, re-exploration, septic complications, pain, hospital stay, and discharge disposition). Secondary outcome measures include ...

robotic assisted minimally invasive surgery, a novel innovation in surgery

Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (ramis)

The most widely used da Vinci a prototype robot, which was a master-slave manipulator with three arms, one for the camera and two for operating the instruments used in various fields such as urology, general surgery, gynecology, cardio-thoracic, pediatric and ENT surgery came in to existence in 1997. This has proved to be a breakthrough technology and stood the test of time since its origin. Th...

Haptics for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

For centuries, open surgery was the standard for performing an operation on a patient. In cardiac surgery, for example, a sternotomy is performed in which a surgeon saws open the patient's sternum to access the heart and create an operable space. This technique is traumatic for the patient and results in large scars and lengthy, expensive recovery time. In the last several decades, minimally in...