3 accepted papers
Precise pedicle screw placement is imperative for a range of spinal procedures demanding exact geometric alignment while also carrying inherent risks. The literature reports a complication rate in the case of screw mispositioning of up to 18%. To increase the accuracy of pedicle screw placement, we
A laparoscope is a key element in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) as it provides visual feedback to the surgeon. To overcome the drawbacks induced by its manual operation by a human assistant, it can be fixed on the end-effector of a robotic assistant teleoperated by the surgeon: laparoscope displa…
Surgeons performing laparoscopic surgery experience distortion when perceiving the stiffness of a patient's tissues. This is due to the lever effect induced by the introduction of instruments in their patient's body through a fulcrum. To address this problem, we propose to use the comanipulation par…