The ongoing emergence of robotics in plastic and reconstructive surgery

S. Struk, Q. Qassemyar, N. Leymarie, J. F. Honart, H. Alkhashnam, K. De Fremicourt, A. Conversano, J. B. Schaff, F. Rimareix, F. Kolb, B. Sarfati

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    Abstract

    Robot-assisted surgery is more and more widely used in urology, general surgery and gynecological surgery. The interest of robotics in plastic and reconstructive surgery, a discipline that operates primarily on surfaces, has yet to be conclusively proved. However, the initial applications of robotic surgery in plastic and reconstructive surgery have been emerging in a number of fields including transoral reconstruction of posterior oropharyngeal defects, nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction, microsurgery, muscle harvesting for pelvic reconstruction and coverage of the scalp or the extremities.

    Translated title of the contributionChirurgie robot-assistée et chirurgie plastique et reconstructrice
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)105-112
    Number of pages8
    JournalAnnales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique
    Volume63
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2018

    Keywords

    • Latissimus dorsi flap
    • Microsurgery
    • Muscular flap
    • Nipple-sparing mastectomy
    • Rectus abdominis flap
    • Robot-assisted surgery
    • Robotic surgery
    • Robotics
    • Transoral robotic surgery (TORS)
    • supermicrosurgery

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