ArticleSurgical endoscopy2023
Surgical tele-mentoring using a robotic platform: initial experience in a military institution.
Article in Surgical endoscopy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Abstract
backgroundSurgical tele-mentoring leverages technology by projecting surgical expertise to improve access to care and patient outcomes. We postulate that tele-mentoring will improve surgeon satisfaction, procedural competence, the timeliness of operative intervention, surgical procedure efficiency, and key intra-operative decision-making. As a first step, we performed a pilot study utilizing a proof-of-concept tele-mentoring process during robotic-assisted surgery to determine the effects on the perceptions of all members of the surgical team.
methodsAn IRB-approved prospective feasibility study to determine the safety and efficacy of remote surgical consultation to local surgeons utilizing robotic surgery technology in the fields of general, urology, gynecology and thoracic surgery was performed. Surgical teams were provided a pre-operative face-to-face orientation. During the operation, the mentoring surgeon was located at the same institution in a separate tele-mentoring room. An evaluation was completed pre- and post-operatively by the operative team members and mentor.
resultsFifteen operative cases were enrolled including seven general surgery, four urology, one gynecology and three thoracic surgery operations. Surveys were collected from 67 paired survey respondents and 15 non-paired mentor respondents. Participation in the operation had a positive effect on participant responses regarding all questions surveyed (p < 0.05) indicating value to tele-mentoring integration. Connectivity remained uninterrupted with clear delivery of audio and visual components and no perceived latency. Participant perception of leadership/administrative support was varied.
conclusionsSurgical tele-mentoring is safe and efficacious in providing remote surgical consultation to local surgeons utilizing robotic surgery technology in a military institution. Operative teams overwhelmingly perceived this capability as beneficial with reliable audio-visual connectivity demonstrated between the main operative room and the Virtual Medical Center. Further study is needed to develop surgical tele-mentoring to improve patient care without geographic limitations during times of peace, war and pandemic outbreaks.
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