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A Framework for Minimally Invasive Remote Robotic‐Assisted Surgery: Bridging Innovation and Patient Safety

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The development of scalable remote robotic-assisted surgery is a potentially transformative milestone in the delivery of surgical care.Remote robotic surgery offers care networks the opportunity to optimize deployment of high-quality surgical expertise, to minimize patient travel and inconvenience, and to maintain best outcome.It also holds promise as a means of reducing healthcare disparities globally [1].Using modern advances in robotic and tele-communication technologies, investigators have established the feasibility of remote robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) in which the surgeon is not physically in the same location as the patient [2-5].These pre-clinical and clinical studies underscore the need for a framework to guide healthcare stakeholders and medical societies in the development of clinical practice guidelines, with the overarching aim of ensuring the safe and effective integration of remote RAS into routine patient care [5][6][7][8][9][10].Key clinical and operational issues are outlined below for consideration.Relevant terms and definitions are provided in the Appendix A.

Source: World Journal of Surgery

DOI: 10.1002/wjs.70146