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Toward autonomous robotic-assisted and microrobotic surgery
Yang, Sungyun , Kang, Byung Ha , Min, Hyeongho , Wachs, Juan , Alambeigi, Farshid , Desai, Jaydev P. , Yaeger, Kurt , Anderson, Katherine, Kuntz, Alan , Alterovitz, Ron , Webster, Robert J. , Hata, Nobuhiko , Reisenauer, Janani , Clinch, McKenna, Abramson, Alex , Wu, Jie Ying , Ranzani, Tommaso , Kim, Peter C., Huang, Alex S. , Zhang, Hao F. , Riviere, Cameron N. , Henderson, Eric R. , Yip, Michael C. , Dong, Xiaoguang , Wollin, Daniel , Mair, Lamar O. , Karpelson, Michael , Wood, Robert J. , Cohen, Itai , Strano, Michael S. , Wachs, Juan P , Dupont, Pierre E , Yaeger, Kurt , Anderson, Katherine , Kuntz, Alan , Alterovitz, Ron , Webster, Robert J , Hata, Nobuhiko , Reisenauer, Janani S , Clinch, McKenna , Abramson, Alex , Wu, Jie Ying , Ranzani, Tommaso , Sun, Cheng , Zhang, Hao F , Riviere, Cameron N , Henderson, Eric R , Yip, Michael , Dong, Xiaoguang , Wollin, Daniel A , Gracias, David H , Mair, Lamar O , Karpelson, Michael , Wood, Robert J , Cohen, Itai , Strano, Michael S
Science Advances | July 1, 2026 | Volume: 12 | Issue: 27 | Pages: No page available
Autonomous robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) has emerged as a promising objective in biomedical technology, further enhanced by miniaturization toward microrobotic-assisted surgery (μ-RAS). This reduction in scale promises minimally invasive, partially or fully automated surgical procedures, with the potential to reduce patient recovery times, lower medical costs, and enable previously unavailable procedural options. This perspective highlights the specific advances in RAS that potentially map to the microscale (μ-RAS), organized across five surgical domains: endovascular, endoluminal, laparoscopic, ophthalmic, and orthopedic. We examine both clinical demands and technological advances in surgical robotics and identify the key innovations required for progress across these surgical fields. Our contribution is distinct in combining the perspectives of both surgical experts and bioengineering innovators, outlining a roadmap for the advancement and eventual integration of autonomous RAS and μ-RAS into mainstream surgical practice.
Classification of failure of limb salvage after reconstructive surgery for bone tumours
Ruggieri, Pietro , Windhager, Reinhard , Funovics, Philipp T. , Gibbons, C. L. M. H. , Hornicek, Francis J. , Temple, H. Thomas , Letson, G. Douglas , Henderson, Eric R. , O’Connor, Mary I. , Guo, Wei , Ruggieri, Pietro
The Bone & Joint Journal | November 4, 2014 | Volume: 96-B | Issue: 11 | Pages: 1436-1440
Previous classification systems of failure of limb salvage focused primarily on endoprosthetic failures and lacked sufficient depth for the effective study of the causes of failure. In order to address these inadequacies, the International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS) formed a committee to recommend revisions of the previous systems. The purpose of this study was to report on their recommendations. The modifications were prepared using an earlier, evidence-based model with subclassification based on the existing medical literature. Subclassification for all five primary types of failure of limb salvage following endoprosthetic reconstruction were formulated and a complementary system was derived for the failure of biological reconstruction. An additional classification of failure in paediatric patients was also described. Limb salvage surgery presents a complex array of potential mechanisms of failure, and a complete and precise classification of types of failure is required. Earlier classification systems lacked specificity, and the evidence-based system outlined here is designed to correct these weaknesses and to provide a means of reporting failures of limb salvage in order to allow the interpretation of outcome following reconstructive surgery. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2014;96-B:1436–40.