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

doi:10.1016/j.anplas.2018.01.002

The ongoing emergence of robotics in plastic and reconstructive surgery

Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2018 Apr;63(2):105-112. doi: 10.1016/j.anplas.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Feb 3.

Authors

S Struk¹, Q Qassemyar², N Leymarie³, J-F Honart³, H Alkhashnam³, K De Fremicourt³, A Conversano³, J-B Schaff³, F Rimareix³, F Kolb³, B Sarfati³

Affiliations

¹ Department of plastic surgery, Gustave-Roussy, 94800 Villejuif, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of plastic surgery, hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, 75020 Paris, France.
³ Department of plastic surgery, Gustave-Roussy, 94800 Villejuif, France.

PMID: 29402545
DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2018.01.002

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.

Keywords: Chirurgie robot-assistée; Chirurgie transorale robot-assistée; Chrirugie robotique; Lambeau de grand dorsal; Lambeau de grand droit; Lambeaux musculaires purs; Latissimus dorsi flap; Mastectomie conservatrice de l’aréole; Microchirurgie; Microsurgery; Muscular flap; Nipple-sparing mastectomy; Rectus abdominis flap; Robot chirurgical; Robot-assisted surgery; Robotic surgery; Robotics; Super microchirurgie; Transoral robotic surgery (TORS); supermicrosurgery.

MeSH terms

Equipment Design
Humans
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Robotic Surgical Procedures* / instrumentation