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Feasibility of Robotic-Assisted Microvascular Anastomoses in Plastic Surgery

Raffy L. Karamanoukian, David S. Finley, Gregory R.D. Evans, Hratch L. Karamanoukian

Year
2006
Citations
28

Abstract

In this pilot trial in piglets, the authors demonstrated the feasibility of applying robot technology to vascular microsurgery. This preliminary work suggests certain advantages of the robot, which should encourage more rigorous study for its full exploitation.

Keywords

MedicineMicrosurgeryAnastomosisSurgeryMicrovascular surgeryRobotPlastic surgeryArtificial intelligenceComputer science

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