TY - JOUR
T1 - Applications of Robotics for Laryngeal Surgery
AU - Hillel, Alexander T.
AU - Kapoor, Ankur
AU - Simaan, Nabil
AU - Taylor, Russell H.
AU - Flint, Paul
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - The authors present the clinical application of robotics to laryngeal surgery in terms of enhancement of surgical precision and performance of other minimally invasive procedures not feasible with current instrumentation. Presented in this article are comparisons of human arm with robotic arm in terms of degrees of freedom and discussion of surgeries and outcomes with use of the robotic arm. Robotic equipment for laryngeal surgery has the potential to overcome many of the limitations of endolaryngeal procedures by improving optics, increasing instrument degrees of freedom, and modulating tremor. Outside of laryngology, a multi-armed robotic system would have utility in microvascular surgery, procedures at the base of the skull, sinus surgery, and single-port gastrointestinal and thoracic access surgery.
AB - The authors present the clinical application of robotics to laryngeal surgery in terms of enhancement of surgical precision and performance of other minimally invasive procedures not feasible with current instrumentation. Presented in this article are comparisons of human arm with robotic arm in terms of degrees of freedom and discussion of surgeries and outcomes with use of the robotic arm. Robotic equipment for laryngeal surgery has the potential to overcome many of the limitations of endolaryngeal procedures by improving optics, increasing instrument degrees of freedom, and modulating tremor. Outside of laryngology, a multi-armed robotic system would have utility in microvascular surgery, procedures at the base of the skull, sinus surgery, and single-port gastrointestinal and thoracic access surgery.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.otc.2008.01.021
DO - 10.1016/j.otc.2008.01.021
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18570959
AN - SCOPUS:44949163030
SN - 0030-6665
VL - 41
SP - 781
EP - 791
JO - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
JF - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -