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Robotics in Ophthalmology in New Orleans

Thursday, October 8th - 5:30 PM

This is not an official AAO sponsored event.

  • For more than 10 years, ophthalmologists have experimented with the use of robots in ophthalmic surgery beginning with the adaptation of a da Vinci robot by a team at the University of Strasbourg1 and later with the development of the Preceyes robot for eye surgery2 ​

  • At present, there are at least six companies working on ophthalmic surgical robots, including the Polaris from Horizon Surgical​

  • The key question is can these technologies leapfrog current standard of care? What is required to achieve that level of advancement given the failure of other approaches to replace currently used systems.​

References: 1. Chammas J, Sauer A, Pizzuto J, Pouthier F, Gaucher D, Marescaux J, Mutter D, Bourcier T. Da Vinci Xi Robot-Assisted Penetrating Keratoplasty. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2017 Jun 20;6(3):21. doi: 10.1167/tvst.6.3.21. PMID: 28660096; PMCID:PMC5482186. 2. Edwards TL, Xue K, Meenink HCM, Beelen MJ, Naus GJL, Simunovic MP, Latasiewicz M, Farmery AD, de Smet MD, MacLaren RE. First-in-human study of the safety and viability of intraocular robotic surgery. Nat Biomed Eng. 2018 Jun 18;2:649-656. doi: 10.1038/s41551-018-0248-4. PMID: 30263872; PMCID: PMC6155489.​

Robotics in Ophthalmology Workshop