title: Novel axillary approach for brachial plexus in robotic surgery: a cadaveric experiment.
abstract: Brachial plexus surgery using the da Vinci surgical robot is a new procedure. Although the supraclavicular approach is a well known described and used procedure for robotic surgery, axillary approach was unknown for brachial plexus surgery. A cadaveric study was planned to evaluate the robotic axillary approach for brachial plexus surgery. Our results showed that robotic surgery is a very useful method and should be used routinely for brachial plexus surgery and particularly for thoracic outlet syndrome. However, we emphasize that new instruments should be designed and further studies are needed to evaluate in vivo results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, Darüşşafaka Mah. Büyükdere Cad. No. 40, Maslak, Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cihangir
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tetik
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, Darüşşafaka Mah. Büyükdere Cad. No. 40, Maslak, Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uzun