Robotic PCI – Has It Come of Age?
Journal Title: BMH Medical Journal - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Last issue of the Journal contained an article on the benefits of robotic telesurgery. Now we would like to examine another aspect of robotics in medicine - Robotic enhanced percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The first-in-humans pilot clinical trial involving 18 patients was published in 2006. In this study angioplasty guidewire, balloon and stents were navigated by a computerized system. The guidewire could cross the lesion successfully in 17 cases and 15 of these cases could be successfully completed by remote navigation. The remaining 3 cases were completed manually. The proposed advantages of the system was a significantly lower radiation exposure to the operator and possibly more precise positioning of the coronary stent. There was no increase in fluoroscopy time.
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Johnson Francis
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