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El 30 de septiembre termina el plazo para enviar comunicaciones al III Congreso de la Fundación Española para el Tratamiento de los Tumores de Cabeza y Cuello (FETTCC). Esta edición nos llevará al Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre de Madrid, uno de los grandes referentes de la sanidad pública española, en unas instalaciones completamente nuevasContinue reading “¡¡Ultima llamada!!”

A comment on my post about SpeedPAL reminded me of a system I actually encountered in Seoul back in 2017: the SOLOASSIST II, during my visit to the IRSS at Yonsei University. AKTORmed has now built a substantial clinical presence around its robotic camera-holder platform, with more than 800 systems reported in use. And yes,Continue reading “SoloAssist. Robotic camera control.”

El tratamiento biológico de la rinosinusitis crónica con poliposis nasal (RSCcPN) continúa evolucionando. A los tres primeros tratamientos incorporados (dupilumab, omalizumab y mepolizumab) se suman ahora nuevas alternativas: A ello se añade la llegada de biosimilares de omalizumab, como Omlyclo®, que amplían las alternativas disponibles dentro de esta clase terapéutica. Más mecanismos de acción, diferentesContinue reading “Nuevas opciones en el tratamiento biológico de la rinosinusitis crónica”

The origin of the word “robot” Where does the word robot come from? The story begins in Prague, in the early 1920s, with the Czech writer, playwright and critic Karel Čapek (1890–1938) and his play R.U.R. (Rossumovi univerzální roboti). The word robot appeared in the first English translation (see bellow). Although Čapek did not originallyContinue reading “Rossum’s Universal Robots”

The Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) by ShanghaiRanking is one of the major international rankings assessing academic and research performance across specific disciplines. In its 2026 Clinical Medicine ranking, Universidad Europea de Madrid has been included for the first time, placing it among the 10 Spanish universities classified and the top 500 worldwide inContinue reading “Medicine at the European University of Madrid enters the ShanghaiRanking”

Saroa is a Japanese three-arm surgical robotic system by Riverfield Inc, distinguished by its pneumatically driven architecture for physical force feedback, designed to restore one of the senses largely lost in conventional robotic surgery: the perception of tissue resistance. Saroa received Japanese manufacturing and marketing approval in May 2023, after two decades of development atContinue reading “Saroa: pneumatic force feedback, a Japanese solution”

We have recently looked at a new generation of surgical assistant robots, from Maestro by Moon Surgical to SpeedPAL by Fullbright Medical. But this is something different. We are now seeing humanoid robots entering the operating room. Projects such as ORchestra at Samsung Medical Center are exploring humanoid systems that can work alongside the surgeon,Continue reading “Surgical assistant humanoid robots”

The da Vinci SP is changing the way we think about remote-access neck surgery. A single cannula, a flexible 3D endoscope and three wristed instruments open possibilities that were simply not available with previous robotic platforms. We have already discussed SPRA (Single-Port Robotic Areolar) thyroidectomy and we certainly will continue to do so. The newContinue reading “SMART thyroidectomy”

Robotic surgery training does not necessarily need a robotic surgical system. ROBOTiS, developed by French simulation company InSimo, is a high-fidelity, generic robotic surgery simulator designed to reproduce the ergonomics of a robotic surgical console while remaining compact and portable. The complete setup can be transported in a suitcase and installed on a standard desk.Continue reading “ROBOTiS: robotic simulation in a suitcase”

I am honoured to receive my diploma of membership of the German-Spanish Society of Otolaryngology (SHAORL-SDGHNO). Scientific links between Spain and Germany have a long tradition in ENT. For many years, these exchanges were facilitated, and sometimes limited, by language. Today, that barrier has largely faded, for obvious reasons. Of course, it is also aContinue reading “Bridging Spain and Germany through science”