The target of human flight in space has changed from permanence on the International Space Station to missions beyond low earth orbit and the Lunar Gateway for deep space exploration and Missions to Mars. Several conditions affecting space missions had to be considered: for example the effect of weightlessness and radiations on the human body, behavioral health decrements or communication latency, and consumable resupply. Telemedicine and telerobotic applications, robot-assisted surgery with some hints on experimental surgical procedures carried out in previous missions, had to be considered as well. The need for greater crew autonomy in health issues is related to the increasing severity of medical and surgical interventions that could occur in these missions, and the presence of a highly trained surgeon on board would be recommended. A surgical robot could be a valuable aid but only inasfar as it is provided with multiple functions, including the capability to perform certain procedures autonomously. Space missions in deep space or on other planets present new challenges for crew health. Providing a multi-function surgical robot is the new frontier. Research in this field shall be paving the way for the development of new structured plans for human health in space, as well as providing new suggestions for clinical applications on Earth.

Robot assisted surgery in space: Pros and Cons. A review from the surgeon’s point of view / Pantalone, Desirè; Satu Faini, Giulia; Cialdai, Francesca; Sereni, Elettra; Bacci, Stefano; Bani, Daniele; Bernini, Marco; Pratesi, Carlo; Stefàno, Pierluigi; Orzalesi, Lorenzo; Balsamo, Michele; Zolesi, Valfredo; Monici, Monica. - In: NPJ MICROGRAVITY. - ISSN 2373-8065. - 7:(2021), pp. 0-0. [10.1038/s41526-021-00183-3]

Robot assisted surgery in space: Pros and Cons. A review from the surgeon’s point of view

Stefano Bacci;Marco Bernini;
2021

Abstract

The target of human flight in space has changed from permanence on the International Space Station to missions beyond low earth orbit and the Lunar Gateway for deep space exploration and Missions to Mars. Several conditions affecting space missions had to be considered: for example the effect of weightlessness and radiations on the human body, behavioral health decrements or communication latency, and consumable resupply. Telemedicine and telerobotic applications, robot-assisted surgery with some hints on experimental surgical procedures carried out in previous missions, had to be considered as well. The need for greater crew autonomy in health issues is related to the increasing severity of medical and surgical interventions that could occur in these missions, and the presence of a highly trained surgeon on board would be recommended. A surgical robot could be a valuable aid but only inasfar as it is provided with multiple functions, including the capability to perform certain procedures autonomously. Space missions in deep space or on other planets present new challenges for crew health. Providing a multi-function surgical robot is the new frontier. Research in this field shall be paving the way for the development of new structured plans for human health in space, as well as providing new suggestions for clinical applications on Earth.
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Robot assisted surgery in space: Pros and Cons. A review from the surgeon’s point of view / Pantalone, Desirè; Satu Faini, Giulia; Cialdai, Francesca; Sereni, Elettra; Bacci, Stefano; Bani, Daniele; Bernini, Marco; Pratesi, Carlo; Stefàno, Pierluigi; Orzalesi, Lorenzo; Balsamo, Michele; Zolesi, Valfredo; Monici, Monica. - In: NPJ MICROGRAVITY. - ISSN 2373-8065. - 7:(2021), pp. 0-0. [10.1038/s41526-021-00183-3]
Pantalone, Desirè; Satu Faini, Giulia; Cialdai, Francesca; Sereni, Elettra; Bacci, Stefano; Bani, Daniele; Bernini, Marco; Pratesi, Carlo; Stefàno, Pierluigi; Orzalesi, Lorenzo; Balsamo, Michele; Zolesi, Valfredo; Monici, Monica
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