First-in-human study of the safety and viability of intraocular robotic surgery.

ABSTRACT: Microsurgery of the retina would be dramatically improved by instruments that offer supra-human precision. Here, we report the results of a first-in-human study of remotely controlled robot-assisted retinal surgery performed through a telemanipulation device. Specifically, 12 patients requiring dissection of the epiretinal or inner limiting membrane over the macula were randomly assigned to either undergo robot-assisted-surgery or manual surgery, under general anaesthesia. We evaluated surgical success, duration of surgery and amount of retinal microtrauma as a proxy for safety. Surgical outcomes were equally successful in the robotic-surgery and manual-surgery groups. Differences in the amount of retinal microtrauma between the two groups were statistically insignificant, yet dissection t

SUBMITTER: Edwards TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6155489 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature