Publication: Dexterity optimization by port placement in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery
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2001
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Selha, Shaun, Pierre Dupont, Robert Howe, and David Torchiana. 2001. "Dexterity optimization by port placement in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery." SPIE International Symposium on Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing, Newton, MA, October 28-31, 2001.
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A computer-based algorithm has been developed which uses preoperative images to provide a surgeon with a list of feasible port triplets ranked according to tool dexterity and endoscopic view quality at each surgical site involved in a procedure. A computer simulation allows the surgeon to select from among the proposed port locations. The procedure selected for the development of the system consists of a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). In this procedure, the interior mammary artery (IMA) is mobilized from the interior chest wall, and one end is attached to the coronary arteries to provide a new blood supply for the heart. Approximately 10-20 cm is dissected free, using blunt dissection and a harmonic scalpel or electrocautery. At present, the port placement system is being evaluated in clinical trials.
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Port Placement, Dexterity, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Telesurgery
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