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The role of robotic telesurgery and telementoring in low- and middle-income countries
Robotic surgery alone will not close the surgical gap in low- and middle-income countries. Telementoring — remote guidance using simple video links — offers a more sustainable and scalable route to improving surgical access than telesurgery.
Robotic Surgery
Accelerating the path to sustainable robotic surgery
Robotic surgery generates 43% higher greenhouse gas emissions than laparoscopic alternatives. Reducing that footprint is possible but requires coordinated action from surgeons, manufacturers, hospitals, and policymakers.
Robotic Surgery
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