FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The first-in-human bimanual vitrectomy performed with a robot at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, was presented here at the Retina World Congress.
“We as humans have limitations. One of the limitations we have is the intrinsic physiological tremor that is about 200 µm to 350 µm. Also, it is difficult for us to hold a fixed position with an instrument for more than 2 minutes,” Fanny Nerinckx, MD, said. “We do think that robots could overcome those limitations.”
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