The Use of the Da Vinci Surgical Robotic System for Telesurgery and Telementoring
Author | : Abdullah Mohammed H. Maghazil |
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Release | : 2012 |
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ISBN | : 9781267400536 |
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As robotic surgery was emerging fast into the medical field, many professionals had predicted that telesurgery will be widely available in the near future. Some challenges and issues faced telesurgery that delayed its adoption while robotic surgery was gaining popularity in different surgical specialties. In this research, I will indicate some of the challenges opposing telesurgery and telementoring, how to solve them, and how to adopt the new technology into hospital networking systems which may provide remote surgeries for different purposes with ease and feasibility. The study was conducted through two different surveys targeting healthcare providers and surgical robotic system surgeons and professionals to gain insight on the opinions and attitudes relating to telesurgery. It was predicted that healthcare providers and robotic system surgeons would support telesurgery and all its features, whenever feasible. The results showed that most healthcare providers surveyed supported telesurgery while the majority of robotic system surgeons did not support telesurgery. Even though with the possible feasibility of implementing telesurgery and telementoring, there are a lot of risks and fear associated with the technology. This research paper will also target these issues and possible implementation methods that will lead to maximizing benefits and minimizing the disadvantages of remote surgical communications.