ArticleJournal of robotic surgery2020
Robotic surgery during the COVID pandemic: why now and why for the future.
Article in Journal of robotic surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Embracing robotic surgery in low- and middle-income countries: Potential benefits, challenges, and scope in the future.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Review
- Current issues and future considerations for the wider implementation of robotic-assisted surgery: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Robotic Abdominal Surgery and COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Published Literature and Peer-Reviewed Guidelines during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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- A literature survey of the robotic technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of manufacturing systems · 2021Article
- Robots Under COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Survey.IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions · 2021Article
- A commentary on "Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical practice - Part 1″.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2020Article
- Searching for answers: Cancer care during the COVID pandemic.Clinical epidemiology and global healthArticle
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Abstract
Health care has changed in unprecedented ways since the first reported cases of COVID-19. With global case rates continuing to rise and government restrictions beginning to loosen, many worry that a second wave in our future. In many hospitals around the world, non-emergent surgeries were put on hold as hospitals were transformed into COVID centers. As surgeons and administrators do their best to reinstate non-emergent procedures, guidance is sought from any and all reliable sources. Robotic surgery has many known and demonstrated benefits over open surgery and often over conventional laparoscopy. In this commentary, we aim to highlight some of the advantages robotic surgery may offer during this uniquely challenging time in health care.
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