Fundamentals of surgical robotics
Contents Degrees of freedom of a manipulator 38 Kind of joints possibly involved in a manipulator 38 Kinematic structures 38 Robot actuators 43 Speed-to-torque converters 46 Motors encoders and brakes…
Robot-assisted suturing and microsurgery
Contents The Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR): the role of intelligence and autonomy in surgical robotics 214 Robot-assisted microsurgery: the next step in reconstructive surgery 215 The Smart Tissue Autonomous…
Transoral robotic surgery (with the da Vinci® system)
Contents Introduction 80 Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in head and neck cancer: indications, limits and global technique 82 Transoral robotic surgery (TORS): selecting the basic instruments (other than the robot)…
Surgical simulation and training for ENT surgery
Contents Surgical simulation: gadget, teaching tool, or surgical strategy aid? 220 Simulation in endoscopic endonasal surgery: review and perspectives 222 Surgical simulation: gadget, teaching tool, or surgical strategy aid? S.J. Daniel Introduction…
Surgical robotics: safety, legal, ethical and economic aspects
Contents Safety and normalization in surgical robotics 228 Economic assessment of transoral robotic-assisted surgery 231 Law, ethics, robots and surgery 232 Safety and normalization in surgical robotics B. Lombard Despite their…
Other ENT applications of the da Vinci® system
Contents Robot-assisted surgery in thyroid procedures 118 Robot-assisted neck dissection in thyroid and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma 122 Robotic surgery of the nasopharynx 132 Transoral robotic surgery for…
Surgical robots at work
Contents Classes of surgical robots 54 Human-robot input interfaces 56 Haptic and force feedbacks 57 Linking robots to navigation systems 58 Virtual fixtures 58 Giving robots surgical intelligence 59 This…
The da Vinci® system: technology and surgical analysis
Contents The main parts of the da Vinci® 66 Slave design® 67 The master control 70 The control unit and motion mapping between master and slave 71 Force and haptic…
Principles and concepts of surgical navigation
Contents Spatial localization 10 Image dataset registration 13 Patient referencing system 15 Navigated surgical instrument calibration 15 Navigation with a surgical microscope 15 Augmented reality navigation 16 Computer-assisted surgery consists…
Using the past to understand the present: A short history of digital guidance in ENT
Contents From stereotactic frames to image-guided surgery 2 From the hand-held motor to the motor-held hand 6 From stereotactic frames to image-guided surgery B. Lombard In the history of medicine, the…
