Clinical application and development of robot assisted surgery in orthopedic trauma / 中华创伤骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

With the development of intelligent manufacturing technology, robot-assisted surgery has been widely acknowledged and increasingly conducted in spine and joint orthopaedics. The appearance of TiRobot, a universal type orthopedic robot, marked expansion of robot-assisted surgery into orthopedic trauma, providing minimally invasive, intelligent, and precise protocols for fixation of pelvic and acetabular fractures, hip fractures, hand and foot fractures, and other fractures. Recently, fracture reduction robots have started an era of intelligent involvement of robots in the reduction of pelvic fractures, expanding the application of orthopedic robots from the fixation procedures to the reduction ones. In addition, robot-assisted rehabilitation exercises after fracture surgery are actively explored. Consequently, robots can be expected to get involved in every step in reduction, fixation and rehabilitation of fractures. This paper introduces the present application of robots in fracture treatment and discusses future potential development of orthopaedic robots.