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The role of force feedback in surgery: analysis of blunt dissection

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D.·2005·Proceedings 10th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems. HAPTICS 2002
DOI 10.1109/haptic.2002.998943
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Force feedback is widely assumed to enhance performance in robotic surgery, but its benefits have not yet been systematically assessed. In this study we examine the effects of force feedback on a blunt dissection task. Subjects used a telerobotic system to expose an artery in a synthetic model while viewing the operative site with a video laparoscope. Performance was compared between force feedback gains of 75% and 150% and no force feedback. The absence of force feedback increased the average force magnitude applied to the tissue by at least 50%, and increased the peak force magnitude by at least a factor of 2. The number of errors that damage tissue increased by over a factor 3. The rate and precision of dissection were not significantly enhanced with force feedback. We hypothesize that force feedback is helpful in this blunt dissection task because the artery is stiffer than the surrounding tissue. This mechanical contrast serves to constrain the subjects' hand from commanding inappropriate motions that generate large forces.

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Authors
Wagner, C. R., Stylopoulos, N., & Howe, R. D.
Venue
Proceedings 10th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems. HAPTICS 2002
Publisher
IEEE Comput. Soc
Published
2005-08-24
Pages
68-74
DOI
10.1109/haptic.2002.998943
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379
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15
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97.43
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conference paper
Language
en
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Wagner, C. R., Stylopoulos, N., & Howe, R. D. (2005). The role of force feedback in surgery: analysis of blunt dissection. Proceedings 10th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems. HAPTICS 2002. https://doi.org/10.1109/haptic.2002.998943

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