title: [Progress of robotic system application in vascular surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the progress of the robotic applications in vascular surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recent literature about the robotic applications in vascular surgery was reviewed and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Robotic system is composed of surgery robotic system and endovascular interventional robotic system. The time of aortic clamping and anastomosis is reduced considerably during the robotic-assisted aorta bypass surgery, and the dissection of aorta is completed successfully in totally robotic approach. Endovascular interventional robotic system has good performance in navigation and stability, and shows apparent advantages in passing special anatomical segment and complicated lesion. However, the robotic systems are still limited in application for high cost. The problem of tactile feedback should also be solved quickly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Robotic systems have apparent advantages and good prospect in vascular surgery. Nevertheless, it still require many clinical trials to formulate the indication and contraindication, to establish standard procedure, to assess the long-term effectiveness of the robotic systems and so on.
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing, 100853, P.R.China.
authors: Senhao
authors: S
authors: Jia
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing, 100853, P.R.China.
authors: Jiang
authors: J
authors: Xiong
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing, 100853, P.R.China.
authors: Ren
authors: R
authors: Wei
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing, 100853, P.R.China.
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Guo
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods