SynthesisJournal of robotic surgery2018
Prevalence of haptic feedback in robot-mediated surgery: a systematic review of literature.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Incidence and Prevention of Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence After Laparoscopic and Robotic Hysterectomy in Benign Conditions: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Tactile Feedback in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2024Pooled it
- The benefits of haptic feedback in robot assisted surgery and their moderators: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- How does the modality of delivering force feedback influence the performance and learning of surgical suturing skills? We don't know, but we better find out! A review.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Pooled it
- The robotic PIANO: a critical narrative review of surgeon-controlled operative polyphony, human factors, and robotic training.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Initial experience with the Saroa surgical system for early-stage lung cancer: a comparative study with the da Vinci surgical system.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Enhanced surgical efficiency with the next-generation da Vinci 5 system compared with da Vinci Xi: a retrospective cohort study in total laparoscopic hysterectomy.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- White paper: robotic cholecystectomy-new technology but safe principles still apply.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Review
- Early clinical experience with Saroa, a pneumatically actuated surgical robot with quantitative haptic feedback, in robot-assisted thoracic surgery: safety, learning curve, and feasibility of direct pulmonary artery grasping.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Transoral robotic surgery in head and neck cancer: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Effectiveness and reliability of AI in diagnosis and robot-assisted spinal and cranial surgery: efficient outcomes and ethical worries.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Robotic surgery in healthcare: current challenges, technological advances, and global implementation prospects.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Review
- Experimental evaluation of virtual needle insertion framework with enhanced haptic feedback.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025Article
- Novel force feedback technology improves suturing in robotic-assisted surgery: a pre-clinical study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Virtual tactile feedback technology based on microcurrent stimulation: current status, challenges and future prospects.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
- Role of haptic feedback technologies and novel engineering developments for surgical training and robot-assisted surgery.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Review
- Acute Small Bowel Evisceration Through Vaginal Cuff Following Intercourse After Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Rare Surgical Emergency-Case Report.Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology · 2025Article
- A piezoresistive-based 3-axial MEMS tactile sensor and integrated surgical forceps for gastrointestinal endoscopic minimally invasive surgery.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2024Article
- Feeling of pulsations in artificial arteries with a real time haptic feedback laparoscopic grasper: a validation study.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Multi-silicone bilateral soft physical twin as an alternative to traditional user interfaces for remote palpation: a comparative study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
With the successful uptake and inclusion of robotic systems in minimally invasive surgery and with the increasing application of robotic surgery (RS) in numerous surgical specialities worldwide, there is now a need to develop and enhance the technology further. One such improvement is the implementation and amalgamation of haptic feedback technology into RS which will permit the operating surgeon on the console to receive haptic information on the type of tissue being operated on. The main advantage of using this is to allow the operating surgeon to feel and control the amount of force applied to different tissues during surgery thus minimising the risk of tissue damage due to both the direct and indirect effects of excessive tissue force or tension being applied during RS. We performed a two-rater systematic review to identify the latest developments and potential avenues of improving technology in the application and implementation of haptic feedback technology to the operating surgeon on the console during RS. This review provides a summary of technological enhancements in RS, considering different stages of work, from proof of concept to cadaver tissue testing, surgery in animals, and finally real implementation in surgical practice. We identify that at the time of this review, while there is a unanimous agreement regarding need for haptic and tactile feedback, there are no solutions or products available that address this need. There is a scope and need for new developments in haptic augmentation for robot-mediated surgery with the aim of improving patient care and robotic surgical technology further.
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