Enhancing robotic efficiency through the eyes of robotic surgeons: sub-analysis of the expertise in perception during robotic surgery (ExPeRtS) study.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robotic technology affords surgeons many novel and useful features, but two stereotypes continue to prevail: robotic surgery is expensive and inefficient. To identify educational opportunities and improve operative efficiency, we analyzed expert commentary on videos of robotic surgery.

Authors

  • Courtney A Green
    Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-321, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0470, USA. Courtney.Green@ucsf.edu.
  • Joseph A Lin
    Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-321, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0470, USA.
  • Emily Huang
    Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Suite 670 395 W. 12th Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210-1267, USA.
  • Patricia O'Sullivan
    Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-321, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0470, USA.
  • Rana M Higgins