The advent of Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS), a relatively modern method for performing surgeries, laid the grounds for robotic assistance in surgical procedures. Unlike conventional or open surgery, MIS uses long and slender surgical tools passed into the human body through small openings called incision points. The surgeons operate these tools from outside of the patient’s body by viewing the video feedback of an endoscopic camera inserted into the patient’s body. The most evident benefits of the MIS are reduced blood loss, lessened postoperative morbidity, shorter hospital stay, and slashed cost of healthcare. It is common to use MIS for various surgical procedures such as Laparoscopy, Nephrectomy, Orthopedics, Cardiology and Thoracic, and Neurosurgical procedures. In some procedures, such as Cholecystectomy, laparoscopy is considered the gold standard. The first robotic surgery was recorded more than three decades ago, and meanwhile, there was tremendous growth in surgical robotics in general. Surprisingly, neurosurgical robots developed at a slower pace. One reason behind this is the complex and delicate structure of the brain compared to other anatomical regions of human body which demands more sophisticated and miniaturized robotic tools. However, research on neurosurgical robots has gained pace during the last decade, and newly developed systems have started establishing their versatility, stability, dexterity, and potential to provide haptic feedback. Current neurosurgical robotic systems have contributed to enhancement of the quality of the surgery by minimizing registration errors and to acquiring spatial information. Nevertheless, all this advancement did not address the delicacy of neurosurgery in neonatal and infants. This thesis addresses the research gap mentioned above by developing a new neurosurgical robotic system for newborns and infants. Due to the absence of such a robotic system, surgeons have to perform these complex, delicate and time- consuming procedures manually. The challenges in ...
Design and Development of a Robotic System for Pediatric Neurosurgery.
2021-09-23
doi:10.15167/kamal-nabeel_phd2021-09-23
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