AddOn® Intraocular Lenses
Fig. 11.1 Front- (a) and backview (b) of the AddOn® IOL (1stQ, Mannheim, Germany) The IOL of AddOn® 1stQ (Fig. 11.1) consists of a square basic geometry and a 6.0…
Robotic Eye Surgery
Fig. 14.1 Da Vinci Surgical System showing surgeon looking into console viewer, robot with arms separated physically from surgeon’s console (Image courtesy of Intuitive Surgical) Robotic Eye Surgery History Robotic…
Scharioth Macula Lens
Fig. 10.1 Image of Scharioth Macula Lens (Medicontur Hungary Ltd. Hungary), lens design is based on A4 W add-on IOL (1stQ, Germany), note central optical portion of 1.5 mm diameter…
Femtosecond Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery: Principles and Results
Fig. 7.1 The Alcon-LenSx femtolaser. The left monitor is for to set the treatment parameters, the right LCD monitor helps the surgeon throughout the femtolaser treatment, underneath the patient interface…
Historical Overview of the Clinical Development of “All in One” Femtosecond Refractive Laser Surgery
Fig. 2.1 (a–e) A schematic drawing of the FLEx-procedure. The VisuMax® femtosecond laser system cuts the back of the refractive lenticule (a) followed by its front surface incision (b) followed…
Nano Laser Photofragmentation
Fig. 8.1 The titan tip of a nano laser (ARC, Germany). The laser induces a plasma and shock wave and disrupts the nucleus. The nuclear material is aspirated through the…
Single-Port Transaxillary Robotic Parathyroidectomy
Obesity (BMI >30 kgm−2) Large ipsilateral goiter Previous surgery to the neck Previous radiotherapy to the neck Important co-comorbidity (ASA>2) Suspicion of parathyroid carcinoma Ipsilateral acromioclavicular osteoarthritis The ideal RP…
Robot-Assisted Neck Surgery
Fig. 12.1 The position of the patient is supine with the head rotated to the contralateral side of the approach just as you would perform a parotidectomy. The neck, however,…
Transoral Robotic Resection of Parapharyngeal Space Tumors
Fig. 13.1 Axial T1-weighted with gadolinium magnetic resonance images of a 78-year-old patient with prestyloid parapharyngeal pleomorphic adenoma; (a) preoperative, (b) 2 months postoperative 13.2 Surgical Anatomy The parapharyngeal space…
Transoral Robotic Surgery for Tonsillar Cancer
Fig. 7.1 Medrobotics Flex robot, approved for transoral robotic surgery in 2015 7.3 Indications The current indications for robotic-assisted surgery for tonsillar cancer are tumors amenable to total resection with…
