The collaborative effort between fundamental science, engineering and medicine provides
physicians with improved tools and techniques for delivering effective health care. Minimally …

Developments in telesurgery are progressing at great speed. As a consequence, there is
need for a broad overview of the feld. Tis frst-ever book on telesurgery is presented in such a …

The use of telemedicine is long-standing, but only recently has been applied to the
specialties of trauma, emergency care, and surgery. Subsequently the concepts of …

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SURGERY 24:2 Laparoscopic techniques The introduction of laparoscopic techniques in the …

Teleoperation means" doing work at a distance", although by" work" we mean almost
anything. What we mean by" distance" is also vague: it can refer to a physical distance …

Telesurgery is a medical practice that has been developed for the last two decades. The
idea is very simple, a highly trained surgeon performs a surgical intervention on a patient …

Background: Death from battlefield trauma occurs rapidly. Potentially salvageable casualties
generally exsanguinate from truncal hemorrhage before operative intervention is possible …

The requirements for an ideal telemanipulator (ie, robot and surgical instrument) are
derived. An overview on telemanipulators reported in literature is given. The new robot for …

The application of telerobotic technologies to medicine and surgery strictly depends on
research and development in five main areas: functionality, environment, physical …

Telepresence systems can improve surgeons' performance in minimally invasive surgery
(MIS) and microsurgery and also enable them to operate on patients remotely over great …