A surgical activity model of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for co-operation with collaborative robots.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a very frequent surgical procedure. However, in an ageing society, less surgical staff will need to perform surgery on patients. Collaborative surgical robots (cobots) could address surgical staff shortages and workload. To achieve context-awareness for surgeon-robot collaboration, the intraoperative action workflow recognition is a key challenge.

Authors

  • R Younis
    Department for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • A Yamlahi
    Division of Intelligent Medical Systems, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • S Bodenstedt
    Abteilung für Translationale Chirurgische Onkologie, Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen Dresden (NCT/UCC), Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.
  • P M Scheikl
    Surgical Planning and Robotic Cognition (SPARC), Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering (AIBE), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
  • A Kisilenko
    Department for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 420, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • M Daum
    Centre for the Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI), TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
  • A Schulze
    Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 420, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
  • P A Wise
    Department for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • F Nickel
    Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 420, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
  • F Mathis-Ullrich
    Health Robotics and Automation Laboratory, Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • L Maier-Hein
    Abteilung für computer-assistierte medizinische Interventionen, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 223, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
  • B P Müller-Stich
    Department for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 420, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. beatpeter.mueller@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
  • S Speidel
    Department for Translational Surgical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Partner-Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
  • M Distler
    Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
  • J Weitz
    Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
  • M Wagner
    Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 420, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.