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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Robot. 2023 Sep 20;8(82):eadg6042. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.adg6042

Fig. 8. Comparison of manual and robotic pineal tumor debulking.

Fig. 8.

(A) Manual tumor debulking (Movie S9). Forceps were first used to create a hole in the plastic membrane. Then an aspiration tube was used to debulk the capsule. Note that the left side of the capsule was aspirated blindly because it could not be visualized. This could not be done safely in practice because the region may contain blood vessels. (B) Robotic debulking (Movie S10). In robotic debulking, the left arm was used to retract tissue and to reposition the capsule, enabling continuous visualization during aspiration. (C) Comparison of manual (n = 5) and robotic (n = 3) debulking times.