Robotics and digital guidance in ENT-H & N surgery

Using the past to understand the present : a short history of digital guidance in ENT -- Principles and concepts of surgical navigation -- Surgical navigation in ENT -- Fundamentals of surgical robotics -- Surgical robots at work -- The da Vinci« system: technology and surgical analysis -- Transoral robotic surgery (with the da Vinci« system) -- Other ENT applications of the da Vinci« system -- Alternative solutions for transoral robotic surgery (TORS) -- Robot-assisted endo- and transnasal surgery -- Robot-based otological surgery -- Robot-assisted suturing and microsurgery -- Surgical simulation and training for ENT surgery -- Surgical robotics: safety, legal, ethical and economic aspects -- Concluding remarks.