The author should be commended for this early work on the reproducibility and application of robotic assisted microsurgery for vasectomy reversal？ Initial prospective randomized control studies by Schiffet al.2 in a ...The author should be commended for this early work on the reproducibility and application of robotic assisted microsurgery for vasectomy reversal？ Initial prospective randomized control studies by Schiffet al.2 in a rodent model illustrated potential advantages to the use of robotics in microsurgery in terms of increased surgical efficiency and a decreased surgical learning curve. A follow-up prospective cohort trial by our group continued to show evidence of such advantages in the clinical setting in a single surgeon experience？ There have been small clinical series reports from other institutions as well. Robotic-assisted vasectomy reversal is in its infancy and more comparative studies from other institutions are very beneficial in truly assessing the value of such techniques.展开更多
文摘The author should be commended for this early work on the reproducibility and application of robotic assisted microsurgery for vasectomy reversal？ Initial prospective randomized control studies by Schiffet al.2 in a rodent model illustrated potential advantages to the use of robotics in microsurgery in terms of increased surgical efficiency and a decreased surgical learning curve. A follow-up prospective cohort trial by our group continued to show evidence of such advantages in the clinical setting in a single surgeon experience？ There have been small clinical series reports from other institutions as well. Robotic-assisted vasectomy reversal is in its infancy and more comparative studies from other institutions are very beneficial in truly assessing the value of such techniques.
