Robot-assisted surgery in thyroid procedures B. Lallemant Introduction More than ever, our patient's new expectations direct our surgical practice. Thus, the growing place of esthetic considerations in our society has contributed to the development of minimally invasive techniques. In thyroid surgery, several…
Introduction C.H. Frenkel B.W. O'Malley G.S. Weinstein Introduction Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has significantly improved the intraoperative and postoperative management of difficult-to-reach head and neck neoplasms. Prior to the development of TORS, open surgical approaches greatly impacted postoperative functional outcome and quality of…
The aim of this chapter is to provide some details about the technology involved in the da Vinci® surgical manipulator system. It does not claim either to be a user manual, or to provide a complete description of its technology.…
This chapter aims to complete the basic knowledge provided in by chapter 4 , by analyzing the state of the art of surgical robot control methods. Classes of surgical robots Until now, five classes of surgical robot are distinguished, although…
Regardless of purpose, robotics fundamentally describes a combination of mechanics, sensors, electronics and software. Since surgical manipulators can be extremely specific depending of their intended application, it is not possible to consider surgical robotics without a basic knowledge of what…
The craniofacial region is a complex association of bone structures and soft tissue through which numerous essential neurovascular and sensory structures pass. Remodeling by pathologic processes and previous treatments often hinders the surgeon's spatial orientation, which is further aggravated by…
Computer-assisted surgery consists in using the calculation power, data storage and graphic display capabilities of microcomputers to make a real-time match between the spatial coordinates of sensors affixed onto an instrument used by the surgeon and the corresponding points on…
From stereotactic frames to image-guided surgery B. Lombard In the history of medicine, the advent of a new technology has often heralded a leap forward, either by enhancing the physician's perceptual acuity, revealing new diagnoses, or by placing a new tool…
Acknowledgments We acknowledge Jonathan Russin, Joshua Bakhsheshian, and Robert F. Spetzler for their authorship of the previous edition of this chapter. Please access Videos to view the corresponding videos for this chapter. Introduction Surgical understanding of the vascular anatomy of…
During the last quarter century, the management of many skull base tumors has shifted away from complete surgical resection toward subtotal resection to preserve function, and then control of growth. This is particularly true for vestibular schwannomas (i.e., acoustic neuromas)…