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Laparoscopic techniques provide significant advantages to patients, such as shorter hospital stays, faster recovery times, and minimal scarring. However, poor ergonomics in laparoscopic surgery and failure to understand the ergonomics of laparoscopic surgery increase the discomfort and fatigue of the surgeon. According to a questionnaire designed by SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic...
Current laparoscopic surgeries suffer from inconvenient, limited visualization due to the small incisions. It normally needs an assistant to hold and readjust a laparoscope to view the surgical set when performing procedures. This assistant can be either a human or a robotic laparoscope holder. However, at the current state, both of them only passively follow the control commands from the surgeon...
Surgical robotic systems have a great impact on the application of laparoscopic surgeries in the operating room. The advent of externally operated surgical robots has prompted the first significant shift in general laparoscopic surgeries. Miniature in vivo robots that can be completely inserted in to the abdomen are also being studied to reduce patient trauma. Whereas external surgical robots have...
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