Applied Force during Piston Prosthesis Placement in a 3D-Printed Model: Freehand vs Robot-Assisted Techniques.

Journal: Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To describe a 3D-printed middle ear model that quantifies the force applied to the modeled incus. To compare the forces applied during placement and crimping of a stapes prosthesis between the Robotic ENT Microsurgery System ( REMS) and the freehand technique in this model.

Authors

  • Christopher R Razavi
    Division of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Paul R Wilkening
    2 Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Rui Yin
    Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, College of Medicine, FL, USA. Electronic address: ruiyin@ufl.edu.
  • Nicolas Lamaison
    2 Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Russell H Taylor
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • John P Carey
  • Francis X Creighton
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.