TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamics and organizations of telesurgery
AU - Hanly, E. J.
AU - Marohn, M. R.
AU - Schenkman, N. S.
AU - Miller, B. E.
AU - Moses, G. R.
AU - Marchessault, R.
AU - Broderick, Timothy J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. We thank Charles R. Doarn and Brett Harnett at the Center for Surgical Innovation at the University of Cincinnati for their contributions to the telesurgery work referred to in this manuscript. We also thank HaiVision Systems Inc. for product and technical support that enabled successful completion of this tele-surgical research. We are funded through grants from the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, U.S.A. The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Uniformed Services University, Malcolm Grow Medical Center, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, or the Department of Defense.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - Background: The dawn of laparoscopic surgery and the telecommunications revolution have given birth to the field of telesurgery. Methods: Even now, surgery is being performed over great distances to bring expert surgical care to physically isolated patients with otherwise limited healthcare access. Results: As technical obstacles are eliminated in the future, telesurgery will extend the reach of military surgeons to patients at sea and on the battlefield, and astronauts will undergo procedures performed by earthbound interventionalists. Just as the Internet has revolutionized the way everyday consumers shop, eventually, telesurgery may transform surgical care, as patients may stay in their local hospitals and simply "dial up" the best telesurgeon for their specific operation. Telesurgical teams have now formed to refine technical approaches to telesurgery, study the effects of telesurgery on human task performance, and establish telesurgery networks around the world. Conclusions: While some legitimate social, political, and economic issues remain as impediments to the routine practice of telesurgery, there is now no question that telesurgery will play a role in the delivery of surgical care in the twenty-first century.
AB - Background: The dawn of laparoscopic surgery and the telecommunications revolution have given birth to the field of telesurgery. Methods: Even now, surgery is being performed over great distances to bring expert surgical care to physically isolated patients with otherwise limited healthcare access. Results: As technical obstacles are eliminated in the future, telesurgery will extend the reach of military surgeons to patients at sea and on the battlefield, and astronauts will undergo procedures performed by earthbound interventionalists. Just as the Internet has revolutionized the way everyday consumers shop, eventually, telesurgery may transform surgical care, as patients may stay in their local hospitals and simply "dial up" the best telesurgeon for their specific operation. Telesurgical teams have now formed to refine technical approaches to telesurgery, study the effects of telesurgery on human task performance, and establish telesurgery networks around the world. Conclusions: While some legitimate social, political, and economic issues remain as impediments to the routine practice of telesurgery, there is now no question that telesurgery will play a role in the delivery of surgical care in the twenty-first century.
KW - Computer-assisted surgery
KW - Control latency
KW - Da Vinci surgical system
KW - Round-trip delay
KW - Telesurgery
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U2 - 10.1007/s10353-005-0181-0
DO - 10.1007/s10353-005-0181-0
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:28244499928
SN - 1682-1769
VL - 37
SP - 274
EP - 278
JO - European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca
JF - European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca
IS - 5
ER -