ReviewLangenbeck's archives of surgery2023
Evolution of the digital operating room: the place of video technology in surgery.
Review in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Artificial intelligence applications in surgical education and training: a systematic review.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2026Pooled it
- From Intelligent Operating Room to Smart ICU: Digital Continuity, AI-Supported Decision-Making and CRRT as a Model of Pharmacokinetic Personalization in Critical Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Use of Operative Video Technology in Surgical Education: A Systematic Review.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2026Review
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- Automated Operative Phase and Step Recognition in Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery: Development and Preclinical Evaluation of a Deep Learning Neural Network (IDEAL Stage 0).Neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Physical AI goes to the operating room: are we ready for the Surgical Data Factory?Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2026Review
- Quantitative Analysis of Instrument Motion Paths in Cataract Surgery across a Resident's Training.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- SurgeryMate app: developing and evaluating a training app for surgical instruments and operating room equipment.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- IDEAL-compliant implementation of the DexterInnovative surgical sciences · 2025Article
- Putting Patients at Risk: The Effect of Health Care Provider Burnout on Patient Care in the Operating Room-A Narrative Review.Journal of patient safety · 2025Review
- Patient rights and consent form language about intraoperative audiovisual recording.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Use of artificial intelligence in the analysis of digital videos of invasive surgical procedures: scoping review.BJS open · 2025Article
- Surgeons versus computer vision: a comparative analysis on surgical phase recognition capabilities.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025Article
- Central command suite: futureproofing next-generation surgical environments to embrace the digital operating room.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025Article
- Machine Learning-Based Automated Assessment of Intracorporeal Suturing in Laparoscopic Fundoplication.Global surgical education : journal of the Association for Surgical Education · 2025Article
- AI solutions for overcoming delays in telesurgery and telementoring to enhance surgical practice and education.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Review
- Barriers to the adoption of routine surgical video recording: a mixed-methods qualitative study of a real-world implementation of a video recording platform.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Adoption of routine surgical video recording: a nationwide freedom of information act request across England and Wales.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Implementation of a robotic surgical practice in inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Surgical Phase Duration in Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: A Surgical Data Science Exploration for Clinical Relevance.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this review was to collate current evidence wherein digitalisation, through the incorporation of video technology and artificial intelligence (AI), is being applied to the practice of surgery. Applications are vast, and the literature investigating the utility of surgical video and its synergy with AI has steadily increased over the last 2 decades. This type of technology is widespread in other industries, such as autonomy in transportation and manufacturing.
methodsArticles were identified primarily using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases. The MeSH terms used were "surgical education", "surgical video", "video labelling", "surgery", "surgical workflow", "telementoring", "telemedicine", "machine learning", "deep learning" and "operating room". Given the breadth of the subject and the scarcity of high-level data in certain areas, a narrative synthesis was selected over a meta-analysis or systematic review to allow for a focussed discussion of the topic.
resultsThree main themes were identified and analysed throughout this review, (1) the multifaceted utility of surgical video recording, (2) teleconferencing/telemedicine and (3) artificial intelligence in the operating room.
conclusionsEvidence suggests the routine collection of intraoperative data will be beneficial in the advancement of surgery, by driving standardised, evidence-based surgical care and personalised training of future surgeons. However, many barriers stand in the way of widespread implementation, necessitating close collaboration between surgeons, data scientists, medicolegal personnel and hospital policy makers.
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