Vascular Surgery and Robotics

• Main Author: Indrani Sen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
• Subjects: Endovascular; robotics; vascular
• Online Access: http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2016;volume=3;issue=2;spage=58;epage=61;aulast=Sen

The application of robotics to Vascular surgery has not progressed as rapidly as of endovascular technology, but this is changing with the amalgamation of these two fields. The advent of Endovascular robotics is an exciting field which overcomes many of the limitations of endovascular therapy like vessel tortuosity and operator fatigue. This has much clinical appeal for the surgeon and hold significant promise of better patient outcomes. As with most newer technological advances, it is still limited by cost and availability. However, this field has seen some rapid progress in the last decade with the technology moving into the clinical realm. This review details the development of robotics, applications, outcomes, advantages, disadvantages and current advances focussing on Vascular and Endovascular robotics