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WASHINGTON: Using automated and robotic
perception for future surgeries could reduce the procedure from two hours to
two and a half minutes.
The
new machine can make a complex type of cranial surgery 50 times faster than
standard procedures.
Researchers
from University of Utah have developed perception of the product of rapid,
clean and safe cuts, which reduces the patient's stopping time of the wound and
anesthesia, thereby decreasing the incidence of Infection,
human error and surgical cost.
The
results have been reported online in Neurosurgical Focus.
For
performing complex surgeries, especially cranial surgeries, surgeons use the
spirit of hand perceptions to create complicated openings, adding hours to a
procedure.
It was like doing archeology; doctors had
to gradually eliminate the bone to avoid delicate structures. There is a need
for a device that reduces the burden and makes the process more efficient.
This
technology was already available in the world of machine, but nobody applied it
to medical applications.
The
team developed the drill bit from scratch to meet the needs of the
neurosurgical unit, as well as developed software that defines a secure cutting
path.
First,
the patient is imaged using a CT scan to collect bone data and identify the
exact location of the delicate structures, which are the major nerves and veins
and arteries that need to be avoided. Surgeons
use this information to program the cutting path of perception.
"The
software allows the surgeon to choose the optimal path from point A to point B,
such as Google Maps. In addition, the surgeon can program safety barriers along
the cutting path in 1 mm
of delicate structures.
The
drill performs heavy work by removing most of the bone, similar to a mill,
precisely and quickly. "It's
like Monster Garage, except this place to machine a piece,
Perhaps
an applied new drill to the trans-labyrinthine opening, a particular complex
forms in the shape of a saw that flows in the ear.
The latest drill could cut the period of
this complex two-hour procedure for hand drilling by an experienced surgeon at
two and a half minutes.
Shorter
surgery should reduce the risk of infection and improve postoperative recovery.
It
is also possible to dramatically reduce the cost of surgery because it shrinks
the hours of operation.
The
research team demonstrated the safety and speed of the drill by making this
complex cut and can also be used in many other surgical processes.
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