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Short report and correspondence| Volume 60, ISSUE 1, P101-102, January 2007

Microvascular anastomosis: is there a role for robotic surgery?

      Surgical robots have been used in several clinical applications, especially in laparoscopic surgery. Recently the first experimental microvascular surgery was performed in a pig using the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc, Sunnyvale, US).
      • Katz R.D.
      • Rosson G.D.
      • Taylor J.A.
      • et al.
      Robotics in microsurgery: use of a surgical robot to perform a free flap in a pig.
      This system consists of a three-dimensional stereoscopic vision system with three robotic slave arms. The instruments have 3 degrees of freedom and are controlled by the surgeon from a console (Figure 1). We would like to share our first clinical experience with the robot in microvascular surgery.
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      Figure 1Surgeon operating behind console.
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      Reference

        • Katz R.D.
        • Rosson G.D.
        • Taylor J.A.
        • et al.
        Robotics in microsurgery: use of a surgical robot to perform a free flap in a pig.
        Microsurgery. 2005; 25: 566