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The role of the surgical care practitioner in robotic thoracic surgery
A trusted, skilled bedside assistant is essential in robotic surgery. At one UK thoracic unit, surgical care practitioners have become the foundation of a flourishing robotic programme enabling three complex cases per day.
Robotic Surgery
Is there a time when the robotic thoracic surgeon should limit or stop VATS?
As robotic thoracic surgery matures, a provocative question emerges: at what point, if ever, should an established robotic surgeon limit or stop their VATS practice altogether?
Robotic Surgery
We Need to Talk About the Robot in the Room: Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics has grappled with robotics for three decades. Adoption has often outpaced evidence, only now are large-scale RCTs underway to assess whether the investment is truly justified.
Robotic Surgery
Robotics Training: Residents Perspective
UK surgical residents face limited access, steep learning curves, and industry-led pathways with little trainee input. Several mechanisms have been proposed to address this and some are already proving effective.
Training
The Big Five: Training in Robotic Surgery
Robotic-assisted surgery is growing exponentially, but without high-quality, equitable training today, there will be no competent robotic surgeons tomorrow. Five priorities for the field.
Training