The Use of Tactile Sensors in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: An Overview.

Autor: Navalesi P; The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy.; Department of Information Engineering, Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy., Oddo CM; Department of Information Engineering, Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy.; Department of Excellence in Robotics & A.I., Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy.; Interdisciplinary Research Center Health Science, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy., Chisci G; Department of Medical Biotechnologies, School of Oral Surgery, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy., Frosolini A; Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy., Gennaro P; Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy., Abbate V; Head and Neck Section, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Science, Federico II University of Naples, 80013 Naples, Italy., Prattichizzo D; Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy., Gabriele G; Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) [Bioengineering (Basel)] 2023 Jun 26; Vol. 10 (7). Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 26.
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10070765
Abstrakt: Background: This overview aimed to characterize the type, development, and use of haptic technologies for maxillofacial surgical purposes. The work aim is to summarize and evaluate current advantages, drawbacks, and design choices of presented technologies for each field of application in order to address and promote future research as well as to provide a global view of the issue.
Methods: Relevant manuscripts were searched electronically through Scopus, MEDLINE/PubMed, and Cochrane Library databases until 1 November 2022.
Results: After analyzing the available literature, 31 articles regarding tactile sensors and interfaces, sensorized tools, haptic technologies, and integrated platforms in oral and maxillofacial surgery have been included. Moreover, a quality rating is provided for each article following appropriate evaluation metrics.
Discussion: Many efforts have been made to overcome the technological limits of computed assistant diagnosis, surgery, and teaching. Nonetheless, a research gap is evident between dental/maxillofacial surgery and other specialties such as endovascular, laparoscopic, and microsurgery; especially for what concerns electrical and optical-based sensors for instrumented tools and sensorized tools for contact forces detection. The application of existing technologies is mainly focused on digital simulation purposes, and the integration into Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) is far from being widely actuated. Virtual reality, increasingly adopted in various fields of surgery (e.g., sino-nasal, traumatology, implantology) showed interesting results and has the potential to revolutionize teaching and learning. A major concern regarding the actual state of the art is the absence of randomized control trials and the prevalence of case reports, retrospective cohorts, and experimental studies. Nonetheless, as the research is fast growing, we can expect to see many developments be incorporated into maxillofacial surgery practice, after adequate evaluation by the scientific community.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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