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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…