Advanced Tele-Robotic Surgery for Combat Casualty Care
Abstract
Surgery in the United States is rapidly evolving to the robotic platform. Any sustainable solution revolutionizing tele-surgery andthe level of precision in surgery should consider the robotic platform. The health outcome we propose accomplishes new approaches to the management of traumatic injuries of the abdomen, advances in tele-robotic surgery, and advances in the major surgical resections for traumatized organs. We will achieve highly precise surgical resections of injured or devitalized organs without the risk of injury to critical supporting, adjacent structures (arterial, venous, neural, ureteral) and without the risk of devascularization of critical tissues. Surgeons commonly restrict the surgical margin for two reasons: concern about injury to nerves/arteries or concernthat the remaining organ mass may be inadequate to support life. This proposal will provide a high margin of safety for surgical resection while simultaneously providing sufficient healthy tissue remaining to sustain life after combat-related traumatic injury or after cancer resection. The aims in this proposal will establish a clinical and technical platform to provide trauma care to combat casualties using a highly advanced platform for tele-robotic surgery enhanced by augmented reality.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 13, 2025
- Source ID
- N000142512034
Entities
People
- Stephen D. Bartlett
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign