Integration and Clinical Evaluation of an Interactive Controllable Robotic System for Anaplastology

In this paper the integration and evaluation of a robotics system developed at the Surgical Robotics Lab at the Charite, Berlin is presented. In the first clinical application the robotic system was used for the exact placement of implants to retain facial prostheses. In addition, the facial prostheses were fabricated using a rapid prototyping method and by mirroring the other side of the patient's face. In the paper the authors' experiences integrating the system into clinical routine are described. It became evident that only a careful optimization of each step of the intervention, starting with image acquisition and the patient fixation through the planning and the intraoperative execution by the robot leads to a significant advantage.

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