Robotic Platforms for Minimally Invasive Surgery provides a concise and solid overview of the primary robotic systems currently employed in minimally invasive surgical practice. Combining technical description with clinical insights, the book serves as a practical reference for surgeons, researchers, and healthcare professionals beginning to engage with robot-assisted procedures.
This book examines established platforms across laparoscopic, endoscopic, and microsurgical approaches. It describes system design and functionality, complemented by a thorough review of safety, feasibility, and clinical outcomes. By seamlessly integrating engineering concepts with surgical applications, its content equips readers with a well-de ned framework for understanding both the potential and limitations of robotic technologies in minimally invasive surgery.
Part I: Robotic Surgery: Evolution, Technologies and Global Vision
1. Past, present and future of minimally invasive and robotic surgery
2. Technical aspects of robotic platforms
3. Multi-Arm Robotics
4. Autonomy in cooperative robotic systems for MIS
5. Autonomy in the operating room
6. Ergonomic recommendations and challenges in robotic surgery
7. The Role of Scientific Societies in Advancing and Standardizing Robotic
Approaches: Insights from Thoracic Surgery
8. The future of sustainable robotics for use in minimally invasive surgery
Part II: Education, Simulation and Competency in Robotic Surgery
9. Transforming Robotic Surgery Education: Competency-Based Frameworks and
Technological Integration
10. Impact and implementation of robotic surgery in a training surgery
program using pathological obesity surgery as model
11. Validation of the Marion portable virtual reality robotic surgical
training platform
Part III: Robotic Platforms: Systems, Implementation and Innovation
12. The DaVinci SP Robotic System: Urologic applications
13. Versius from CMR the next generation robotic surgical system
14. Enhancing Surgical Precision: The Role of the Versius Robot in Minimally
Invasive Abdominal Surgery
15. The Versius Robotic Platform: Design, Clinical Applications in
Cholecystectomy and Future Directions
16. Robotic surgery for rectal cancer using Versius robotic platform
17. Avatera Robotic System. An interesting alternative
18. The Hugo Robotic-Assisted Surgery Platform in Urology: Technical
Characteristics and Early Clinical Outcomes
19. Technical Performance and Clinical Implementation of the Hugo RAS System
in Urologic Robotic Surgery
20. Renal and Adrenal Surgery with the Hugo RAS System: Technical Execution
and Early Outcomes
21. Robotic Radical Cystectomy and Neobladder Reconstruction Using the Hugo
RAS System
22. Hugo RAS system in radical prostatectomy
23. Emerging Innovations in Robotic Platforms for Laparoscopic Surgery:
Telesurgery and Artificial Intelligence
24. Robotic Platforms for Endoluminal Surgery
25. Endorobots for Interventional Endoscopy: Design Challenges and Available
Technology
Part IV: Clinical Applications by Specialty
26. Current and emerging Robotic Platforms in Urology
27. Single-Port Robotic Surgery in Urology: Present Applications and Future
Perspectives
28. From da Vinci to Versius: Transition Dynamics, Learning Curves and
Implementation Strategies in Robotic Urologic Surgery
29. Advances in Robotic-Assisted Urologic Surgery: Techniques, Outcomes and
Future Directions
30. Uniportal Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Evolution, Current Practices
and Future Innovations
31. Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Anatomical Lung Resections: Techniques,
Outcomes and Complex Cases
32. Totally robotic lung transplant: a novel approach
33. Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Benign and Malignant Esophageal Conditions:
Techniques, Outcomes and Future Directions
34. Robotic platforms for colorectal surgery
35. Robot-Assisted Colposacropexy Using the Da Vinci® Surgical System
36. Uterus transplantation - current and future developments by robotics
37. Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy (TORT): Techniques, Outcomes and Future
Directions
Part V: Robotic Platforms for Microsurgery
38. Robotics in Microsurgery and Supermicrosurgery
39. The MicroSure MUSA Robot: Development, Clinical Validation and Future of
Robotic Microsurgery
40. Robotic Microsurgery with the Symani Surgical System: From Preclinical
Insights to Clinical Applications
41. Robotics in microsurgery: Preclinical studies
Francisco M. Sánchez-Margallo holds a PhD in Veterinary Science from the University of Extremadura and is the Scientific Director and Director of the University Centre (affiliated with the University of Extremadura) at the Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre in Cáceres, Spain. He has directed over 650 training activities related to minimally invasive surgery, including national and international training courses for surgeons and healthcare professionals. He has authored 312 peer-reviewed scientific papers and publications related to minimally invasive surgery and other surgical fields. Dr. Sánchez-Margallo is the author of 25 books and co-author of 49 book chapters. He has delivered more than 600 oral communications, in addition to numerous invited lectures at national and international congresses. He serves as a reviewer for several scientific journals, has supervised 34 doctoral theses, and has participated in and led 110 publicly and privately funded research and development projects. He is also a member of several scientific committees of international scientific societies, symposiums, and conferences.
Juan A. Sánchez-Margallo graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Extremadura in Spain in 2007, and obtained a PhD in 2014 with European Mention within the field of Bioengineering from the same university. From 2015 to 2017 he did a postdoctoral specialization at the Medical Technology Department of SINTEF in Norway, and at the Department of Biomechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Delft in The Netherlands. He is currently a Research Scientist at the Bioengineering and Health Technology Unit of Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre in Caceres, Spain. Dr. Sánchez-Margallo is a member of the Technological Committee of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery. He has participated in 30 European international, national, and regional R&D projects, and is the author of 30 JCR articles, 17 book chapters, three books, more than 200 papers presented at national and international congresses, four patents, four utility models, and one industrial design
