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ArticleScientific reports2026

Enabling non-microsurgeons to perform supermicrovascular anastomosis using a robotic assistant: A preclinical study.

Tomohito Okubo, Kazuhito Wakana, Kei Mikami, Shun Otsuka, Ryuta Horie, Naoyuki Hatayama, Ken Masamune, Makoto Mihara, Hisako Hara, Hiroshi Furukawa and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Tomohito OkuboDepartment of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan.
Kazuhito WakanaSony Group Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Kei MikamiSony Group Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Shun OtsukaDepartment of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan.
Ryuta HorieSony Group Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Naoyuki HatayamaDepartment of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan.
Ken MasamuneInstitute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Makoto MiharaMukumi Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
Hisako HaraDepartment of Lymphatic and Reconstructive Surgery, JR Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshi FurukawaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan.
Atsushi MiyamotoSony Group Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Munekazu NaitoDepartment of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan. naitou.munekazu.481@mail.aichi-med-u.ac.jp.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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automatic instrument exchangelearning progressmicrosurgical trainingrobotic assistancesupermicrosurgeryvascular anastomosis

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PMID42049797
PMCPMC13315884

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