The application of robotics in plastic and reconstructive surgery : a systematic review
Ruccia, Francesca Mavilakandy, Akash Imtiaz, Hassan Erskine, John Liew, Yong Yie Ali, Meyada Khajuria, Ankur
Ruccia, Francesca
Mavilakandy, Akash
Imtiaz, Hassan
Erskine, John
Liew, Yong Yie
Ali, Meyada
Khajuria, Ankur
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The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Nuneaton; University of Oxford; Imperial College London
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2024-07-14
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Background: Robotic assisted surgery (RAS) has seen significant advancement in many surgical specialties, although the application of robotics in plastic and reconstructive surgery remains to be widely established. This systematic review aims to assess the role of RAS in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Methods: The review protocol was published and registered a priori as CRD42024507420. A comprehensive electronic search for relevant studies was performed in MEDLINE, Embase and Google scholar databases.
Results: Overall, 132 studies were initially identified, of which, 44 studies satisfied the eligibility criteria with a cumulative total of 239 patients. RAS demonstrated a high degree of procedural success and anastomotic patency in microvascular procedures. There was no significant difference in periprocedural adverse events between robotic and manual procedures.
Conclusion: RAS can be feasibly implemented in plastic and reconstructive surgery with a good efficacy and safety profile, particularly for microsurgical anastomosis and trans-oral surgery.
Keywords: microvascular surgery; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery; robot; transāoral robotic surgery.
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Ruccia F, Mavilakandy A, Imtiaz H, Erskine J, Liew YY, Ali M, Khajuria A. The application of robotics in plastic and reconstructive surgery: A systematic review. Int J Med Robot. 2024 Aug;20(4):e2661. doi: 10.1002/rcs.2661.
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Ā© 2024 The Author(s). The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Open Access CC BY 4.0