2019
Toward Improving Patient Safety and Surgeon Comfort in a Synergic Robot-Assisted Eye Surgery: A Comparative Study
Ali Ebrahimi, Farshid Alambeigi, Ingrid E. Zimmer-Galler, Peter Gehlbach, Russell H. Taylor, Iulian Iordachita
IROS 2019poster
When robotic assistance is present into vitreoretinal surgery, the surgeon will experience reduced sensory input that is otherwise derived from the tool's interaction with the eye wall (sclera). We speculate that disconnecting the surgeon from this sensory input may increase the risk of injury to th…