SynthesisUpdates in surgery2018
Telemedicine and telerobotics: from science fiction to reality.
Synthesis in Updates in surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Remote telesurgery in humans: a systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Pooled it
- Telehealth in Urology: A Systematic Review of the Literature. How Much Can Telemedicine Be Useful During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic?European urology · 2020Pooled it
- Telemedicine literacy: an explanatory sequential mixed-method inquiry into awareness and experiences of medical students and clinicians in Islamabad.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Safety and feasibility of robot-assisted laparoscopic telesurgery in pediatric surgery: a case series.Translational pediatrics · 2025Article
- Unveiling the real benefits of robot-assisted surgery in gynaecology: from telesurgery to image-guided surgery and artificial intelligence.Facts, views & vision in ObGyn · 2025Article
- 6G in medical robotics: development of network allocation strategies for a telerobotic examination system.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025Article
- Surgical tele-mentoring using a robotic platform: initial experience in a military institution.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Health Disparities for Canada's Remote and Northern Residents: Can COVID-19 Help Level the Field?Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2023Review
- 5G Technology in Healthcare and Wearable Devices: A Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Tactile Robotic Telemedicine for Safe Remote Diagnostics in Times of Corona: System Design, Feasibility and Usability Study.IEEE robotics and automation letters · 2022Article
- Smart Device-Driven Corticolimbic Plasticity in Cognitive-Emotional Restructuring of Space-Related Neuropsychiatric Disease and Injury.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Quantitative Evaluation of a Telerobotic System for Vascular Ultrasound Measurement on a Short Arm Human Centrifuge.Microgravity science and technology · 2021Article
- Review: How Can Intelligent Robots and Smart Mechatronic Modules Facilitate Remote Assessment, Assistance, and Rehabilitation for Isolated Adults With Neuro-Musculoskeletal Conditions?Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Review
- COVID-19 Pandemic Spurs Medical Telerobotic Systems: A Survey of Applications Requiring Physiological Organ Motion Compensation.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2020Review
- Tolerability of daily intermittent or continuous short-arm centrifugation during 60-day 6o head down bed rest (AGBRESA study).PloS one · 2020Article
- Tele-monitored tDCS rehabilitation: feasibility, challenges and future perspectives in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2019Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Advances in communication technologies have paved the way for telemedicine to transform the delivery of medical care throughout the world. Coinciding developments in minimally invasive surgery and in particular teleoperated robotic surgical systems will allow the surgeon to deliver expert care in remote locations. This study presents a systematic review of telemedicine, focusing on telerobotic surgical systems. A brief historical review of telemedicine and telerobotics is provided, including a description of the various subtypes of telemedicine. Currently available systems and recent experimental utilization, including long-distance remote telesurgery, are discussed. Experimental telerobotic surgical systems and future developments in the field are reviewed and the potential applications are considered. Future challenges to the implementation and opinions on the future direction of telerobotics are provided in this review.
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Registered trials
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