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Identifying barriers in telesurgery by studying current team practices in robot-assisted surgery

Authors:

Shirley A. Elprama,

Katriina Kilpi,

Pieter Duysburgh,

Lotte Vermeulen,

Jan van LooyAuthors Info & Claims

PervasiveHealth '13: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Pages 224 - 231

https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252005

Published: 05 May 2013 Publication History

Abstract

This paper investigates challenges in current practices in robot-assisted surgery. In addition, by using the method of proxy technology assessment, we provide insights into the current barriers to wider application of robot-assisted telesurgery, where the surgeon and console are physically remote from the patient and operating team. Research in this field has focused on the financial and technological constraints that limit such application; less has been done to clarify the complex dynamics of an operating team that traditionally works in close symbiosis. Results suggest that there are implications for working practices in transitioning from traditional robot-assisted surgery to remote robotic surgery that need to be addressed, such as possible communication problems which might have a negative impact on patient outcomes.

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Avellino IBailly GCanlorbe GBelgihti JMorel GVitrani MBrewster SFitzpatrick GCox AKostakos V(2019)Impacts of Telemanipulation in Robotic Assisted SurgeryProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3290605.3300813(1-15)Online publication date: 2-May-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3290605.3300813
Duysburgh PElprama SJacobs AFussell SLutters WMorris MReddy M(2014)Exploring the social-technological gap in telesurgeryProceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing10.1145/2531602.2531717(1537-1548)Online publication date: 15-Feb-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2531602.2531717

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PervasiveHealth '13: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

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ISBN:9781936968800

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Opie JJaiprakash APloderer BBrereton MRoberts J(2019)Towards Surgical RobotsProceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction10.1145/3369457.3370916(255-265)Online publication date: 2-Dec-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3369457.3370916
Avellino IBailly GCanlorbe GBelgihti JMorel GVitrani MBrewster SFitzpatrick GCox AKostakos V(2019)Impacts of Telemanipulation in Robotic Assisted SurgeryProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3290605.3300813(1-15)Online publication date: 2-May-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3290605.3300813
Duysburgh PElprama SJacobs AFussell SLutters WMorris MReddy M(2014)Exploring the social-technological gap in telesurgeryProceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing10.1145/2531602.2531717(1537-1548)Online publication date: 15-Feb-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2531602.2531717

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