Abstract
Use of robots in surgery, especially in neurosurgery, has been a fascinating idea since the development of industrial robots. Using the advantages of a robot to complement human limitations could potentially enhance surgical possibilities, other than making it easier and safer. Over the last few decades, much progress has been made in this direction across various disciplines of neurosurgery such as cranial surgery, spinal surgery and radiation therapy. This chapter details the necessity, principles and the future directions of robotics in neurosurgery. Also, the concept of curvilinear robotic surgery and associated instrumentation is discussed. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Sekhar, L. N., Ramanathan, D., Rosen, J., Kim, L. J., Friedman, D., Glozman, D., … Hannaford, B. (2011). Robotics in neurosurgery. In Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions (pp. 723–742). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1126-1_30
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