Trends in Robot-Assisted Procedures for General Surgery in the Veterans Health Administration.

Journal: The Journal of surgical research
PMID: 35970011

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Implementation of robot-assisted procedures is growing. Utilization within the country's largest healthcare network, the Veterans Health Administration, is unclear.

Authors

  • Michael A Mederos
    Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • R Lorie Jacob
    Evidence Synthesis Program Coordinating Center, VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, Oregon.
  • Rachel Ward
    Evidence Synthesis Program Coordinating Center, VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, Oregon.
  • Rivfka Shenoy
    Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. rivfkashenoy@mednet.ucla.edu.
  • Melinda M Gibbons
  • Mark D Girgis
    Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Devan Kansagara
    Evidence Synthesis Program Coordinating Center, VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, Oregon; Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
  • Denise Hynes
    Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon; College of Public Health and Human Services, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
  • Paul G Shekelle
    From RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
  • Karli Kondo
    Evidence Synthesis Program Coordinating Center, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon; Research Integrity Office, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Department of Early Cancer Detection Science, American Cancer Society, Kennesaw, Georgia.

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