A recent clinical trial in the United Kingdom has demonstrated that new medical robotic devices can assist in performing high-precision eye surgeries, and the future use of robotic technology could significantly enhance the quality and safety of such procedures.
The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom announced on the 18th that a team from the university successfully performed eye surgeries on multiple patients with the assistance of new medical robotic devices, proving that the relevant technology can be safely and reliably applied to such surgeries that require extremely high levels of precision.
In this clinical trial conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, a total of 12 patients underwent surgery to remove a membrane from the back of the eye. Half of the surgeries were performed with the assistance of a robotic surgical system developed by a Dutch company, while the other half were performed using traditional methods. In the second phase of the trial, the team also used the robot to insert a very fine needle under the retina of 3 patients with macular degeneration to clear blood clots; these patients experienced improvements in their vision following the surgery.
The professor from the University of Oxford who led this research stated that this represents a significant leap forward for surgeries requiring precision and highly technical operations, and that the future use of robotic technology could greatly enhance the quality and safety of such procedures.
