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Skills training in telerobotic surgery
Author(s) -
Hance J,
Aggarwal R,
Undre S,
Darzi A
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the international journal of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1478-596X
pISSN - 1478-5951
DOI - 10.1002/rcs.36
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , robotic surgery , medicine , repertoire , robot , training (meteorology) , learning curve , patient safety , robotics , computer science , medical education , medical physics , surgery , nursing , artificial intelligence , health care , physics , meteorology , acoustics , operating system , economics , economic growth
Surgical robots have the potential to expand the repertoire of minimally invasive surgery resulting in more patients benefiting from lower operative morbidity and shorter hospital stays. However, in a similar manner to all new surgical interventions it necessary to explore the learning curves of practitioners as they adopt this new technology to enable optimisation of future training programs. Only when the standard of practice is firmly established, should the proliferation of robotic practitioners be encouraged thus ensuring patient safety is not compromised. Copyright © 2005 Robotic Publications, Ltd.