Korean research team develops microscopic surgery robot
03-Nov-14, Business Korea
A research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has succeeded in developing a surgical robot for extremely sensitive areas like the human brain and spinal cord, which is impossible to access with existing surgical robots.
A medical team from Severance Hospital of Yonsei University Health System demonstrated an operation that removed a brain tumor from a cadaver using the newly-developed next-gen active cannula robot at Severance Hospital, Seoul on Nov. 2. It was not necessary to open the scull, since the operation was done through the nose.
Dr. Kim Sun-ho from Severance Hospital said, “Previously, it was nearly impossible to remove a tumor located below the brain with existing surgical procedures using endoscopes and microscopes.”