Intelligent Information-Guided Robotic Surgery

Abstract

Laparoscopic surgery is minimally invasive, providing various benefits for patients. On the other hand, it is technically demanding for physicians due to limited dexterity of tools, limited vision. In order to cope with those limitations, recent various engineering technologies are trying to help surgeon. Robotics is one of the major technologies in this field. Until today, da Vinci has been only one such robot. But recently, many other robotic systems are under development. Those new robots are introduced in this chapter first. Other than robotics, or in conjunction with robotics, navigation technologies are getting popularity in clinical use. Navigation is a technology that provides useful information such as preoperative images or distance between tool and lesion, etc. to surgeon. Our experience in clinical use of navigation system in robotic surgery is introduced. Finally, technologies applied for the training of surgeon are introduced and described.

Robotics in laparoscopic surgery - A review

“…Master-slave tele-operated systems with Dedicated Consoles (MSTDC) have become very common in laparoscopic surgeries [9,[98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105]. They offer significant advantages, including eliminating the surgeon's hand tremor and reducing his/her fatigue in dealing with restricted area of operation, due to limited DOFs provided by the trocar.…”

“…The system's slave arms are human-like robotic arms, enabling them to hold the laparoscopic instrument more like how a surgeon would hold it, thanks to the multiple wrist V − wrist TM technology (as named by CMR surgical). The robotic arms are of relatively small size compared to other systems, with a footprint of only 38 cm x 38 cm each, offering an easy setup [103]. [16].…”