OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility of robotic single-port transumbilical total hysterectomy using a home-made surgical glove port system. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent robotic single-port transumbilical total hysterectomy between January 2010 and July 2010. All surgical procedures were performed through a single 3-4-cm umbilical incision,...

three-dimensional imaging, implant planning software, and associated surgical instrumentation. Use of computers can lead to better care and outcomes. In the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery, computer applications can be used for imaging, planning the surgery, and guiding the operation. Ultimately, this will lead to robotassisted surgery. Already, many robotic medical surgical procedures ...

Abstract Robot-assisted surgery (RAS) has been widely accepted in the clinical routine around world with a focus on urology, gynecology and general surgery. Even transoral robotic (TORS) is applied regular basis some specialized medical centers. However, anatomical constraints delicate procedures at anterior skull base prevent introduction of RAS until today. We have performed an extended liter...

In this paper we propose a new methodology to model surgical procedures that is specifically tailored semi-autonomous robotic surgery. We use restricted version of statecharts merge the bottom-up approach, based on data-driven techniques (e.g., machine learning), with top-down approach knowledge representation techniques. consider medical about procedure and sensing environment in two concurren...

The aim of the present review is to summarize recent developments in the field of urologic robotic surgery. A nonsystematic literature review was performed to retrieve publications related to robotic surgery in urology and evidence-based critical analysis was conducted by focusing on the literature of the past 5 years. The use of the da Vinci Surgical System, a robotic surgical system, has been...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to review our experience and the challenges of using the da Vinci(®) surgical system robot during gynecological surgery at King Abdulaziz University Hospital. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted to review all cases of robot-assisted gynecologic surgery performed at our institution between January 2008 and December 2010. The patients were review...

The enormous impact of technology in medicine has a remarkable example in the introduction of robotic systems in minimally invasive surgery approximately a decade ago. With relatively small modifications to the commercial systems originally introduced, the field of robotic surgery is now established and growing. Several thousand procedures have been practiced successfully in areas like general ...

Robotic surgery (RS) technology has undergone rapid growth in the surgical field since its approval. In clinical practice, failure of robotic procedures mainly results from a surgeon's inability or to a device malfunction. We reviewed the literature to estimate the impact of this second circumstance in RS and its consequent legal implications. According to data from the literature, device malfu...

BACKGROUND The Trauma Pod (TP) vision is to develop a rapidly deployable robotic system to perform critical acute stabilization and/or surgical procedures, autonomously or in a teleoperative mode, on wounded soldiers in the battlefield who might otherwise die before treatment in a combat hospital could be provided. METHODS In the first phase of a project pursuing this vision, a robotic TP sys...