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A new multimodal, i mage‐guided , robot‐assisted, interstitial brachytherapy for the treatment of head and neck tumors–A preliminary study
Author(s) -
Fanhao Meng,
Xiaodong Xue,
Bo Qiao,
Lejun Xing,
Yu Song,
Liang Zhu,
Tingting Jia,
Rui Zhao,
Depeng Zhao,
Ran An,
Yu Tian,
Suixin Hu,
Zheng Zhou,
Wenjun Yu,
Haizhong Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the international journal of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1478-596X
pISSN - 1478-5951
DOI - 10.1002/rcs.2133
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , medicine , multimodal therapy , head and neck , head and neck cancer , radiation therapy , radiology , surgery
Background Interstitial brachytherapy (BT) is becoming an accepted treatment option for head and neck cancer patients for whom surgery poses high risks. Multimodal, image‐guided, robotic surgery has the potential to allow precise seed implantation into tumors. Our aim was to introduce a new multimodal, image‐guided surgical robot during the performance of interstitial BT for the treatment of tumors in the head and neck regions. Methods Clinical data for three patients were analyzed, retrospectively; patients had received 125 I seed implantations from July 2019 to October 2019. Multimodal, image‐guided, robotic surgery was performed in all patients. Postoperative computed tomography data were imported to software to evaluate the accuracy of the seed position and the operation times. Results The mean placement error of the 125 I seed was 1.9 ± 0.74 mm. The mean operation time is 47 minutes. Conclusion The experimental results showed that the Remebot has promise for use during BT for the head and neck.