Open surgery allows the use of all 6 degrees of freedom (DOF; x-y-z and roll-pitch-yaw), whereas laparoscopy requires working under limitation to 4 axes. We present a prospective experimental study evaluating translational and rotational DOF restriction in surgical suturing tasks. An experimental platform included a kinematic structure that limited the maneuverability of the surgical instruments. The subjects (n=20) worked in a randomized order using (1) 6DOF, (2) 4DOF with 3 translational and 1 rotational DOF (4TRANS), and (3) 4DOF with 1 translational and 3 rotational DOF (4ROT). The time required to perform each task was recorded. Suturing and knot tying were significantly faster under 6DOF compared with 4ROT (both P<0.001) and 4TRANS (both P<0.001). Assessment of subjective difficulty and impairment showed most favorable results for 6DOF. The advantage of rotational compared with translational DOF should be considered in the development of future surgical devices.
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Orthop J Sports Med
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Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Int J Biol Macromol
January 2025
Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. Electronic address:
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January 2025
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology; National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology; Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology; National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
Objective To establish an automatic reduction method for unilateral zygomatic fractures based on Iterative Closes Point(ICP)algorithm. Material and Methods 60 patients with unilateral type B zygomatic fractures were included. After acquiring CT images, zygomatic fragments were segmented using self-developed software MICSys.
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January 2025
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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J Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Center for Translational Medicine, Huaihe Hospital, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China.
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