The value of haptic feedback in conventional and robot-assisted minimal invasive surgery and virtual reality training: a current review

OAJ Van der Meijden, MP Schijven - Surgical endoscopy, 2009 - Springer
Background Virtual reality (VR) as surgical training tool has become a state-of-the-art
technique in training and teaching skills for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Although …

The new frontier: a review of augmented reality and virtual reality in plastic surgery

LR Sayadi, A Naides, M Eng, A Fijany… - Aesthetic surgery …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Mixed reality, a blending of the physical and digital worlds, can enhance the surgical
experience, leading to greater precision, efficiency, and improved outcomes. Various studies …

Cutaneous feedback of fingertip deformation and vibration for palpation in robotic surgery

C Pacchierotti, D Prattichizzo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite its expected clinical benefits, current teleoperated surgical robots do not provide the
surgeon with haptic feedback largely because grounded forces can destabilize the system's …

Cutaneous haptic feedback to ensure the stability of robotic teleoperation systems

C Pacchierotti, L Meli, F Chinello… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Cutaneous haptic feedback can be used to enhance the performance of robotic
teleoperation systems while guaranteeing their safety. Delivering ungrounded cutaneous …

Embodied robot teleoperation based on high-fidelity visual-haptic simulator: Pipe-fitting example

T Zhou, P **, palpation, and incision tasks
A Saracino, A Deguet, F Staderini… - … Journal of Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background It was suggested that the lack of haptic feedback, formerly considered a
limitation for the da Vinci robotic system, does not affect robotic surgeons because of training …