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Robotic Microsurgical Training

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Microsurgery is a skill-demanding surgical technique performed with an operating microscope that exercises appreciation of delicate tissues, self-control and patience, as well as attention to detail. Robotic assistance in microsurgery could improve human precision and dexterity to enhance clinical results.

Robotic microsurgery training combines techniques from conventional microsurgery but also principles of robotic and even endoscopic surgery that also have to be taught for some robotic platforms. It must be practiced first in a simulated environment before applying it in the clinical setting.

The purpose of this chapter is to describe robotic microsurgery training methods, validate skill assessment instruments, and to outline the learning curve for robotic microsurgery.

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  1. KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Savitha Ramachandran

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Taiba Alrasheed

  3. Microsurgery Department, Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Cáceres, Spain

    Alberto Ballestín

  4. Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory, Institut Curie Research Center, Paris, Orsay, France

    Alberto Ballestín

  5. Microsurgery Research and Training Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Yelena Akelina

  6. Group for Academic Plastic Surgery, The Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Ali Ghanem

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Ramachandran, S., Alrasheed, T., Ballestín, A., Akelina, Y., Ghanem, A. (2021). Robotic Microsurgical Training. In: Selber, J.C. (eds) Robotics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74244-7_1

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