Back to the Future: Robotic Microsurgery

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2022; 49(03): 287-288
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748020

Editorial

Authors

Marco Innocenti

¹Plastic Surgery, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

²Orthoplastic Surgery Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

References
1 van Mulken TJM, Schols RM, Scharmga AMJ. et al; MicroSurgical Robot Research Group. First-in-human robotic supermicrosurgery using a dedicated microsurgical robot for treating breast cancer-related lymphedema: a randomized pilot trial. Nat Commun 2020; 11 (01) 757
2 Selber JC. Robotics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing; 2021
3 Innocenti M, Malzone G, Menichini G. First-in-human free-flap tissue reconstruction using a dedicated microsurgical robotic platform. Plast Reconstr Surg, In press

Additional References
1 Hallock GG. Innovations: a dawning of a new age. Arch Plast Surg 2021; 48 (02) 147-148
2 Hong JP. Innovation in plastic surgery-why and how?. Arch Plast Surg 2021; 48 (05) 471-472
3 Neligan PC. The future of plastic surgery. Arch Plast Surg 2022; 49 (01) 1-2