Gaoyang Cao, Yaoyao Zhao, Xinjie Zhang, Da Man, Fei Wang, Xianlei Cai
{"title":"Comparing the long-term follow-up anal function between robot-assisted and laparoscopic surgery for low rectal cancer: A meta-analysis and systematic review","authors":"Gaoyang Cao, Yaoyao Zhao, Xinjie Zhang, Da Man, Fei Wang, Xianlei Cai","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2659","DOIUrl":"10.1002/rcs.2659","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) is increasingly used for treating low rectal cancer. Its comparative effectiveness against laparoscopic surgery (LAS) in enhancing long-term anal function remains uncertain.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A meta-analysis was conducted to compare long-term anal function outcomes between patients undergoing RAS and LAS. Meta-regression and sensitivity analyses were performed to assess available evidence. Studies published up to September 2023 in English or Chinese were included.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Seven studies were identified. RAS patients exhibited lower low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) scores (standardised mean difference [SMD] = −1.39; 95% confidence interval [CI]: −2.64 to −0.15) and Wexner scores (SMD = −0.74; 95% CI: −1.20 to −0.27) compared with LAS patients. However, RAS did not significantly reduce major LARS risk (odds ratio = 0.85; 95% CI: 0.68–1.04).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>RAS slightly improved postoperative anal function compared with LAS. Further studies with large samples are warranted to confirm or update our findings.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141499860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erkin Gezgin, Alp E. Yaşar, Tuğrul Uslu, Mertcan Koçak, Didem Güzin, Seda Özbek, Gökmen A. Türkmen, Goncagül Karayaman, Rahime Alsanğur, Barış Bıdıklı, Fatih C. Can, Levent Çetin
{"title":"On the design of a macro-micro parallel manipulator for cochlear microrobot operations","authors":"Erkin Gezgin, Alp E. Yaşar, Tuğrul Uslu, Mertcan Koçak, Didem Güzin, Seda Özbek, Gökmen A. Türkmen, Goncagül Karayaman, Rahime Alsanğur, Barış Bıdıklı, Fatih C. Can, Levent Çetin","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2654","DOIUrl":"10.1002/rcs.2654","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The method of stem cell transfer to narrow cochlear canals in vivo to generate hair cells is still an unclear operation. Thus, the development of any possible method that will ensure the usage of medical microrobots in small cochlear workspaces is a challenging procedure.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The current study tries to introduce a macro-micro manipulator system composed of a 6-DoF industrial serial manipulator as a macro manipulator and a proposed 5-DoF parallel manipulator with dual end effectors as a micro manipulator carrying permanent magnets for tetherless microrobot actuation inside the cochlea.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Throughout the study, structural synthesis and kinematic analysis of the proposed micro manipulator were introduced. A prototype of the manipulator was manufactured and its hardware verification procedures were carried out using motion capture cameras and surgical navigation registration methodologies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Following motion training, the assembled macro-micro manipulator was successfully utilised to actuate a microrobot placed inside a manufactured cochlea mockup model.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rcs.2654","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141473364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seungmin Kim, Donghyun Shin, Changhyeon Lee, Daehee Yu, Jongho Cho, Hyunhee Bang, Hyunjoo Lee, Donghyun Kim, Ilhyung Park, Jaesung Hong, Sanghyun Joung
{"title":"Clinical efficacy and performance evaluation of a bendable remote robot system for a bone tumour surgery: A pilot animal study","authors":"Seungmin Kim, Donghyun Shin, Changhyeon Lee, Daehee Yu, Jongho Cho, Hyunhee Bang, Hyunjoo Lee, Donghyun Kim, Ilhyung Park, Jaesung Hong, Sanghyun Joung","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2653","DOIUrl":"10.1002/rcs.2653","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Traditional open surgery for bone tumours sometimes has as a consequence an excessive removal of healthy bone tissue because of the limitations of rigid surgical instruments, increasing infection risk and recovery time.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We propose a remote robot with a 4.5-mm diameter bendable end-effector, offering four degrees of freedom for accessing the inside of the bone and performing tumour debridement. The preclinical studies evaluated the effectiveness, clinical scenario, and usability across 12 total surgeries–six phantom surgeries and six bovine bone surgeries. Evaluation criteria included skin incision size, bone window size, surgical time, removal rate, and conversion to open surgery.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Preclinical studies demonstrated that the robotic approach requires significantly smaller incision size and procedure times than traditional open curettage.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study validated the performance of the proposed system by assessing its preclinical effectiveness and optimising surgical methods using human phantom and bovine bone tumour models.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141461222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ashley Ying-Ying Wong, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Tsz Lung Choi, Gloria Yan-Ting Lam, Xin He, Mingqian Yu, Ben Chi-Yin Choi, Daniel T. P. Fong, Patrick Shu-Hang Yung
{"title":"Comparison of the in vivo kinematics between robotic-assisted Bi-cruciate retaining and Bi-cruciate stabilised total knee arthroplasty","authors":"Ashley Ying-Ying Wong, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Tsz Lung Choi, Gloria Yan-Ting Lam, Xin He, Mingqian Yu, Ben Chi-Yin Choi, Daniel T. P. Fong, Patrick Shu-Hang Yung","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rcs.2655","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Up to 20% of patients remain unsatisfied after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), prompting the development of new implants. Bi-Cruciate Retaining (BCR) TKA preserves both the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), with the ACL beneficial for its proprioceptive qualities. The Bi-Cruciate Stabilised (BCS) TKA substitutes the ACL and PCL with a unique dual cam-post mechanism. Robotics improve accuracy and facilitate technically demanding TKA.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This was a retrospective case-control study recruited from two centres. Measured outcomes included kinematic analysis, proprioception, and functional outcomes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>There was a significantly larger maximum flexion angle and range of flexion to extension in sit-to-stand and stairs in BCR when compared to BCS. Further analysis revealed more similarities between BCR and normal native knees. Proprioception and functional scores did not have any statistical difference.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>BCR TKA demonstrated better knee flexion in weight-bearing active range of motion and showed similarities with normal knee kinematics.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rcs.2655","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141441345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transoral robotic surgery in the diagnosis and treatment of primary unknown head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A preliminary single centre experience","authors":"Yinghui Zhi, Yabing Zhang, Bin Zhang","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rcs.2652","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) in the head and neck is difficult to diagnose and treat. This report outlines 11 cases of CUP treated with transoral robotic surgery (TORS), aimed at investigating the diagnostic efficiency of primary tumour and radical resection effectiveness of TORS.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>11 cases of CUP among 68 oropharyngeal cancer patients treated by TORS were analysed retrospectively.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>All the 11 cases received TORS with cervical lymph node dissection. Primary tumours were found in 8 cases (72.7%), 4 cases in the palatine tonsil and 4 cases in the base of the tongue. The average diameter of the primary tumour was 1.65 cm. All patients resumed eating by mouth within 24 h, no tracheotomy, no pharyngeal fistula and no postoperative death. The 3-year disease-free survival rate was 91%.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>TORS can improve the diagnostic efficiency of primary tumour of CUP and achieve good oncology and functional results.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141439709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qingchuan Ma, Etsuko Kobayashi, Siao Jin, Ken Masamune, Hideyuki Suenaga
{"title":"3D evaluation model of facial aesthetics based on multi-input 3D convolution neural networks for orthognathic surgery","authors":"Qingchuan Ma, Etsuko Kobayashi, Siao Jin, Ken Masamune, Hideyuki Suenaga","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2651","DOIUrl":"10.1002/rcs.2651","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Quantitative evaluation of facial aesthetics is an important but also time-consuming procedure in orthognathic surgery, while existing 2D beauty-scoring models are mainly used for entertainment with less clinical impact.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A deep-learning-based 3D evaluation model DeepBeauty3D was designed and trained using 133 patients' CT images. The customised image preprocessing module extracted the skeleton, soft tissue, and personal physical information from raw DICOM data, and the predicting network module employed 3-input-2-output convolution neural networks (CNN) to receive the aforementioned data and output aesthetic scores automatically.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Experiment results showed that this model predicted the skeleton and soft tissue score with 0.231 ± 0.218 (4.62%) and 0.100 ± 0.344 (2.00%) accuracy in 11.203 ± 2.824 s from raw CT images.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study provided an end-to-end solution using real clinical data based on 3D CNN to quantitatively evaluate facial aesthetics by considering three anatomical factors simultaneously, showing promising potential in reducing workload and bridging the surgeon-patient aesthetics perspective gap.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rcs.2651","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141319199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian B. Ong, Graham B. J. Buchan, Christian J. Hecht II, David Liu, Joshua Petterwood, Atul F. Kamath
{"title":"Use of a fluoroscopy-based robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty system resulted in greater improvements in hip-specific outcome measures at one-year compared to a CT-based robotic-assisted system","authors":"Christian B. Ong, Graham B. J. Buchan, Christian J. Hecht II, David Liu, Joshua Petterwood, Atul F. Kamath","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2650","DOIUrl":"10.1002/rcs.2650","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The purpose of this study was to compare one-year patient reported outcome measures between a novel fluoroscopy-based robotic-assisted (FL-RTHA) system and an existing computerised tomography-based robotic assisted (CT-RTHA) system.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A review of 85 consecutive FL-RTHA and 125 consecutive CT-RTHA was conducted. Outcomes included one-year post-operative Veterans RAND-12 (VR-12) Physical (PCS)/Mental (MCS), Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome (HOOS) Pain/Physical Function (PS)/Joint replacement, and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Activity scores.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The FL-RTHA cohort had lower pre-operative VR-12 PCS, HOOS Pain, HOOS-PS, HOOS-JR, and UCLA Activity scores compared with patients in the CT-RTHA cohort. The FL-RTHA cohort reported greater improvements in HOOS-PS scores (−41.54 vs. −36.55; <i>p</i> = 0.028) than the CT-RTHA cohort. Both cohorts experienced similar rates of major post-operative complications, and had similar radiographic outcomes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Use of the fluoroscopy-based robotic system resulted in greater improvements in HOOS-PS in one-year relative to the CT-based robotic technique.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141297539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhipeng Lin, Zhuoyue Yang, Ranyang Li, Shangyu Sun, Bin Yan, Yongming Yang, Hao Liu, Junjun Pan
{"title":"Augmented-reality-based surgical navigation for endoscope retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A phantom study","authors":"Zhipeng Lin, Zhuoyue Yang, Ranyang Li, Shangyu Sun, Bin Yan, Yongming Yang, Hao Liu, Junjun Pan","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2649","DOIUrl":"10.1002/rcs.2649","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Endoscope retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a standard surgical treatment for gallbladder and pancreatic diseases. However, surgeons is at high risk and require sufficient surgical experience and skills.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>(1) The simultaneous localisation and mapping technique to reconstruct the surgical environment. (2) The preoperative 3D model is transformed into the intraoperative video environment to implement the multi-modal fusion. (3) A framework for virtual-to-real projection based on hand-eye alignment. For the purpose of projecting the 3D model onto the imaging plane of the camera, it uses position data from electromagnetic sensors.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our AR-assisted navigation system can accurately guide physicians, which means a distance of registration error to be restricted to under 5 mm and a projection error of 5.76 ± 2.13, and the intubation procedure is done at 30 frames per second.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Coupled with clinical validation and user studies, both the quantitative and qualitative results indicate that our navigation system has the potential to be highly useful in clinical practice.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141285535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Force/position tracking control of fracture reduction robot based on nonlinear disturbance observer and neural network","authors":"Jintao Lei, Zhuangzhuang Wang","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2639","DOIUrl":"10.1002/rcs.2639","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>For the fracture reduction robot, the position tracking accuracy and compliance are affected by dynamic loads from muscle stretching, uncertainties in robot dynamics models, and various internal and external disturbances.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A control method that integrates a Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) with Nonlinear Disturbance Observer is proposed to enhance position tracking accuracy. Additionally, an admittance control is employed for force tracking to enhance the robot's compliance, thereby improving the safety.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Experiments are conducted on a long bone fracture model with simulated muscle forces and the results demonstrate that the position tracking error is less than ±0.2 mm, the angular displacement error is less than ±0.3°, and the maximum force tracking error is 26.28 N. This result can meet surgery requirements.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The control method shows promising outcomes in enhancing the safety and accuracy of long bone fracture reduction with robotic assistance.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141285546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radical prostatectomy using the Hinotori robot-assisted surgical system: Docking-free design may contribute to reduction in postoperative pain","authors":"Yutaro Sasaki, Yoshito Kusuhara, Takuro Oyama, Mitsuki Nishiyama, Saki Kobayashi, Kei Daizumoto, Ryotaro Tomida, Yoshiteru Ueno, Tomoya Fukawa, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Yasuyo Yamamoto, Masayuki Takahashi, Hiroomi Kanayama, Junya Furukawa","doi":"10.1002/rcs.2648","DOIUrl":"10.1002/rcs.2648","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The docking-free design of the Japanese Hinotori surgical robotic system allows the robotic arm to avoid trocar grasping, thereby minimising excessive abdominal wall stress. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) using the Hinotori system and to explore the potential contribution of its docking-free design to postoperative pain reduction.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study reviewed the clinical records of 94 patients who underwent RARP: 48 patients in the Hinotori group and 46 in the da Vinci Xi group.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Hinotori group had significantly longer operative and console times (<i>p</i> = 0.030 and <i>p</i> = 0.029, respectively). Perioperative complications and oncologic outcomes did not differ between the two groups. On postoperative day 4, the rate of decline from the maximum visual analogue scale score was marginally significant in the Hinotori group (<i>p</i> = 0.062).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The docking-free design may contribute to reducing postoperative pain.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":50311,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141187144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}