Adverse Events in Robotic Surgery: A Retrospective Study of 14 Years of FDA Data.

Journal: PloS one
Published Date: Jan 1, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Use of robotic systems for minimally invasive surgery has rapidly increased during the last decade. Understanding the causes of adverse events and their impact on patients in robot-assisted surgery will help improve systems and operational practices to avoid incidents in the future.

Authors

  • Homa Alemzadeh
    Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
  • Jaishankar Raman
    Department of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
  • Nancy Leveson
    Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
  • Zbigniew Kalbarczyk
    Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
  • Ravishankar K Iyer
    Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.

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