Safety and normalization in surgical robotics B. Lombard Despite their complexity, ultra-specialization and intrinsically invasive nature, legislation worldwide considers surgical robots as medical devices at the same level as bandages or contact lenses. Regulations largely remain to be established, harmonized and…
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.…
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…