Robotics in orthopedic surgery

VernacularTitle:手术机器人在骨科领域中的应用及发展
Author: Chuan LI ; Mo RUAN ; Yongyue SU ; Xuhan MENG ; Fanzhe FENG ; Yongqing XU
From: Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2021;23(3):272-276
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Surgical robots, as a new means for surgeons, have been gradually applied in orthopedics. Initially, the development of orthopedic robots was stagnant for a long time because of limited techniques available, clumsy equipment, high costs, and low market demands. The recent decade has witnessed rapid growth of artificial intelligence in all walks of life, increasing investment in research and development, reducing manufacture costs and expanding demands for precise and individualized medical treatment so that a wide variety of novel and ingenious robotic systems have been proposed, prototyped, and commercialized in most of the major procedures in orthopedic surgery, including knee and hip replacements, cruciate ligaments surgery, spine surgery, corrective osteotomy, bone tumor surgery, and trauma surgery. This review depicts the history of development and future prospects in application of surgical robots in the field of orthopedics.