Artificial Intelligence-Powered Hand Surgery Consultation: GPT-4 as an Assistant in a Hand Surgery Outpatient Clinic.

Journal: The Journal of hand surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Exploring the integration of artificial intelligence in clinical settings, this study examined the feasibility of using Generative Pretrained Transformer 4 (GPT-4), a large language model, as a consultation assistant in a hand surgery outpatient clinic.

Authors

  • Tim Leypold
    Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
  • Benedikt Schäfer
    Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery-Burn Center, University Hospital Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
  • Anja M Boos
    Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery-Burn Center, University Hospital Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
  • Justus P Beier
    Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen, Germany.