Abstract
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News Daily News – New research on Surgery - Microsurgery is the subject of a report. According to news reporting from Munster, Germany, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Recently, there is an ongoing trend in plastic surgery with robotic-assisted microsurgery and supermicrosurgery devices being developed. Combining a telemetrically controlled robotic microscope with an also telemetrically controlled microsurgery robot unlocks synergistic effects with complete disconnection of the operating surgeon from the operating field.” The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University o f Munster, “Here, we report the first clinical free flap reconstructions using t his setup. Twenty-three surgeries were performed with the combined remote approa ch using the Symani Surgical System and the RoboticScope in open microsurgery pr ocedures. Anastomosis time and ischemia time were recorded. The surgical perform ance for anastomoses was assessed using the modified Structured Assessment of Mi crosurgical Skills (SAMS) score. Subjective satisfaction was evaluated by the su rgeons in comparison with conventional microsurgery. To evaluate the learning cu rve, the senior authors first four (first group) and last four (last group) proc edures were compared. Overall, flap survival was 95.7%. The average arterial anastomosis time was 36.7 ? 10.9 min. Total time of surgery was 277.7 ? 63.8 min, and ischemia time was 100.6 ? 24.9 min. Most SAMS score parameters w ere significantly higher in the last group of surgical procedures compared with the first operations. Subjective satisfaction was equal or better with the combi ned robotic-assisted approach in most categories. Our data demonstrates safety a nd feasibility of the use of a combined remote approach.”
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