A clinical trial of the Preceyes Surgical System, a robotic surgery assistant, has begun at Rotterdam Eye Hospital for use during epiretinal membrane peels, the company announced in a press release.
The trial will determine if the system can perform parts of the ERM procedure at least as safely as a human surgeon, and if it can perform the peel more precisely and reproducibly, the release said.
A randomized, prospective, open-label, surgical intervention study will compare manual surgery to robotic-assisted surgery. Light pipe positioning, dye staining and removal, ERM flap (Read more...)
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