ArticleSurgery today2024
Field experiment of a telesurgery system using a surgical robot with haptic feedback.
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- Clinical practice guidelines for telesurgery, 2nd Edition : Committee for the Promotion of Remote Surgery Implementation, Japan Surgical Society.Surgery today · 2026Guideline
- Clinical practice guidelines for telesurgery 2022 : Committee for the promotion of remote surgery implementation, Japan Surgical Society.Surgery today · 2024Guideline
- Feasibility and Initial Outcomes of Telesurgery in Urology: a Systematic Review of the Literature.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of UrologyPooled it
- Impact of data compression and security devices on telesurgery systems.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Telerobotic surgery: a comprehensive two-decade evolution and the integration of emerging technologies.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of haptic feedback during local and remote robotic surgery: single-blind cadaveric study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Global trends and insights of telesurgery research: a bibliometric analysis of publications since the 21st century.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Telesurgery: current status and strategies for latency reduction.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Review
- Role of haptic feedback technologies and novel engineering developments for surgical training and robot-assisted surgery.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Review
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Abstract
purposeTo verify the usefulness of haptic feedback in telesurgery and improve the safety of telerobotic surgery.
methodsThe surgeon's console was installed at two sites (Fukuoka and Beppu; 140 km apart), and the patient cart was installed in Fukuoka. During the experiment, the surgeon was blinded to the haptic feedback levels and asked to grasp the intestinal tract in an animal model. The surgeon then performed the tasks at each location.
resultsNo marked differences in task accuracy or average grasping force were observed between the surgeon locations. However, the average task completion time was significantly longer, and the system usability scale (SUS) was significantly lower rating for remote operations than for local ones. No marked differences in task accuracy or task completion time were observed between the haptic feedback levels. However, with haptic feedback, the organ was grasped with a significantly weaker force than that without it. Furthermore, with haptic feedback, experienced surgeons in robotic surgery tended to perform an equivalent task with weaker grasping forces than inexperienced surgeons.
conclusionThe haptic feedback function is a tool that allows the surgeon to perform surgery with an appropriate grasping force, both on site and remotely. Improved safety is necessary in telesurgery; haptic feedback will thus be an essential technology in robotic telesurgery going forward.
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