The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Nov 17, 2020
BACKGROUND: Studies have been conducted on slave-specific master devices with a similar kinematic structure to the slave to enhance intuitiveness. However, for the four-degrees of freedom (DOFs) slave of a flexible endoscopic surgery robot, only four...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Nov 16, 2020
BACKGROUND: The application of minimally invasive interventional breast surgery is becoming more and more widespread. The accurate puncture of breast cancer needs to solve the problems of tissue deformation and target displacement.
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Oct 31, 2020
BACKGROUND: Sutures are a set of standard actions which are accomplished by multi-instruments, researchers studied the robot autonomy of suturing, which was based on movement planning completed by a single instrument, but did not consider the assignm...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Oct 4, 2020
BACKGROUND: Recently, task-autonomous image-guided robotic cochlear implantation has been successfully completed in patients. However, no data exist on patients' perspective of this new technology. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptance...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Oct 2, 2020
BACKGROUND: Some difficulties are common when using endoscopes. Steering is not intuitive, the endoscope weight is a physical burden to physicians and communication problems often occur between operators.
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Sep 29, 2020
BACKGROUND: During minimally invasive surgery (either robotic or traditional laparoscopic), vascular injuries may occur because of inadvertent surgical tool movements or actions. These vascular injuries can lead to arterial or venous bleeding with va...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Sep 28, 2020
BACKGROUND: Medical robotics has enabled a significant advancement in the field of modern spine surgery, especially in pedicle screw fixation. A plethora of studies focused on the accuracy of pedicle fixation in robotic-assisted (RA) technology. Howe...