Open AccessTranscontinental Robot-Assisted Remote Telesurgery: Feasibility and Potential Applications
Author(s) -
Jacques Marescaux,
Joël Leroy,
Francesco Rubino,
Michelle K. Smith,
Michel Vix,
M. De Simone,
Didier Mutter
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200204000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , robot , transmission (telecommunications) , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , telemedicine , spinal surgery , cholecystectomy , surgery , simulation , telecommunications , computer science , artificial intelligence , health care , economics , economic growth
To show the feasibility of performing surgery across transoceanic distances by using dedicated asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) telecommunication technology.