Telesurgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kumar, Sajeesh (Editor), Marescaux, Jacques (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgery.; Cardiac surgery.; Rectum > Surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Oral surgery.; Maxillofacial surgery.; Thoracic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Colorectal Surgery.; Cardiac Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.; Thoracic Surgery.

Written by renowned experts from Australia, Canada, the United States, Asia, and Europe, Telesurgery explains technical issues, digital information processing, and provides collective experiences from practitioners in different parts of the world who perform a wide range of telesurgery applications....

Table of Contents:

• to Telesurgery
• Computer-Assisted Remote Surgery
• Telesurgery in Urology
• Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Brachytherapy for Lung Cancer
• Robotic-Assisted Heller Myotomy
• Robotic-Assisted Surgery: Low-Cost Options
• The Tele-Echography Robot: a Robot for Remote Ultrasonic Examination
• Information Support for Telesurgery
• Haptics in Telerobotic Systems for Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Robotic Surgery in Ophthalmology
• Telesurgery and Computerized Smell Simulators
• Telementoring in Endocrine Surgery
• Training in Telesurgery: Building a Successful Program
• Telesurgery and the Law
• Telesurgery: An Audit.