Robotic Surgery

Abstract

It is my privilege to guest-edit this issue of the Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, dedicated to the special topic of Robotic Surgery. The reader might initially think that a microsurgical journal is a peculiar venue for articles about a machine that has been predominantly used for prostatectomies. I hope to demonstrate that the opposite is true—that there are certain attributes of robotic technology that make it a perfect fit for microsurgery, and I sometimes wonder why it has taken so long for their paths to converge.