First-in-human study of the safety and viability of intraocular robotic surgery

Nature Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 649-656

  Edwards, T L ^a,b   Xue, K ^a,b   Meenink, H C M ^c   Beelen, M J ^c   Naus, G J L ^c   Simunovic, M P ^a,b   Latasiewicz, M ^b   Farmery, A D ^a   de Smet, M D ^c   MacLaren, R E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Preceyes Bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; DISSECTION; GENE THERAPY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CELL THERAPY; INNER LIMITING MEMBRANES; RECOMBINANT TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; RETINAL SURGERY; ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SURGICAL OUTCOME; TELEMANIPULATION;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

ALTEPLASE; BUPIVACAINE PLUS LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FIRST IN HUMAN STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INNER LIMITING MEMBRANE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MICROTRAUMA; MIDDLE AGED; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA SURGERY; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SUBRETINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBTENON DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 85048683474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2157846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41551-018-0248-4     Document Type: Article

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