{"id":"5020be75-8a52-4c5e-9fe2-85b613f3c607","slug":"robotics-in-the-neurosurgical-treatment-of-glioma","title":"Robotics in the neurosurgical treatment of glioma","authors":["Garnette R. Sutherland","Yaser Maddahi","Liu Shi Gan","Sanju Lama","Kourosh Zareinia"],"abstract":"Background: The treatment of glioma remains a significant challenge with high recurrence rates, morbidity, and mortality. Merging image guided robotic technology with microsurgery adds a new dimension as they relate to surgical ergonomics, patient safety, precision, and accuracy. Methods: An image-guided robot, called neuroArm, has been integrated into the neurosurgical operating room, and used to augment the surgical treatment of glioma in 18 patients. A case study illustrates the specialized technical features of a teleoperated robotic system that could well enhance the performance of surgery. Furthermore, unique positional and force information of the bipolar forceps during surgery were recorded and analyzed. Results: The workspace of the bipolar forceps in this robot-assisted glioma resection was found to be 25 × 50 × 50 mm. Maximum values of the force components were 1.37, 1.84, and 2.01 N along x, y, and z axes, respectively. The maximum total force was 2.45 N. The results indicate that the majority of the applied forces were less than 0.6 N. Conclusion: Robotic surgical systems can potentially increase safety and performance of surgical operation via novel features such as virtual fixtures, augmented force feedback, and haptic high-force warning system. The case study using neuroArm robot to resect a glioma, for the first time, showed the positional information of surgeon's hand movement and tool-tissue interaction forces.","thumbnailUrl":"https://sni-digital-videos.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5020be75-8a52-4c5e-9fe2-85b613f3c607/featured/hero-1782420798647.png","publishDate":"2015-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","doi":"10.4103/2152-7806.151321","categories":["Neuro-oncology","Original Article"],"fullTextUrl":"https://surgicalneurologyint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/4578/SNI-6-1.pdf"}