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Robotic-assisted internal fixation of femoral fractures
journal contribution
posted on 2014-02-11, 12:56 authored by Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf, Ian Browbank, James R. HewitClosed surgical techniques for the internal fixation of femoral fractures require orthopaedic surgeons to work in close proximity to X-rays. In addition to the occupational health risk this imposes, inexperienced surgeons often encounter great difficulty in achieving optimal positioning of fracture repair fixtures. A vision-guided robotic system has been proposed as a possible solution to these problems and an initial investigation involving two exemplar orthopaedic procedures has been undertaken. Robotic surgery assistance imposes rigorous safety-related design constraints, since the orthopaedic robot must operate in close proximity to the patient and operating staff. The design and implementation of a purpose-built robotic system for orthopaedic surgery assistance is described in this paper.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Citation
BOUAZZA-MAROUF, K., BROWBANK, I. and HEWIT, J.R., 1995. Robotic-assisted internal fixation of femoral fractures. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 209 (H1), pp.51-58.Publisher
Professional Engineering Publishing / © IMechEVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
1995ISSN
0954-4119Publisher version
Language
- en