The introduction of laparoscopic surgery offers clear advantages to patients; to surgeons, it
presents the challenge of learning new remote operating techniques quite different from …

With the initiation of laparoscopic techniques in general surgery, we have seen a significant
expansion of minimally invasive techniques in the last 16 years. More recently …

The concepts of teleoperation, telerobotics, and telepresence are presented and defined.
Current surgical systems, some in clinical practice and others in prototype demonstration …

The concept of telerobotic surgery was first developed with grants from the United States
Department of Defense. The United States Army hoped to develop a mechanism by which …

Background In the past 20 years, the technical aspects of abdominal surgery have changed
dramatically. Operations are now routinely performed by laparoscopic techniques utilizing …

Abstract On 28 February 2003, the world's first telerobotic surgical service was established
between St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, a teaching hospital affiliated with McMaster …

Background Robotic assistance or telemanipulation is the latest technological advance in
minimally invasive surgery. Its future implementation will depend on the advantages that it …

Because of the increasing use of laparoscopic surgeries, robotic technologies have been
developed to overcome the challenges these surgeries impose on surgeons. This paper …

Although laparoscopic cholecystectomy rapidly became the standard of care for the surgical
treatment of cholelithiasis, very few other abdominal or cardiac operations are currently …

The experience with sophisticated remote handling systems for nuclear operations in
inaccessible rooms can to a large extent be transferred to the development of robotics and …