Impact of the suboptimal communication network environment on telerobotic surgery performance and surgeon fatigue.

Journal: PloS one
Published Date: Jun 16, 2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Remote surgery social implementation necessitates achieving low latency and highly reliable video/operation signal transmission over economical commercial networks. However, with commercial lines, communication bandwidth often fluctuates with network congestion and interference from narrowband lines acting as bottlenecks. Therefore, verifying the effects on surgical performance and surgeon fatigue when communication lines dip below required bandwidths are important.

Authors

  • Harue Akasaka
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-Cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8562, Japan.
  • Kenichi Hakamada
  • Hajime Morohashi
  • Takahiro Kanno
    Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 2-3-10 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0062, Japan.
  • Kenji Kawashima
  • Yuma Ebihara
    Committee for Promotion of Remote Surgery Implementation, Japan Surgical Society, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Eiji Oki
    Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • Satoshi Hirano
    Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
  • Masaki Mori
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita City, Osaka, Japan.

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