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ReviewJournal of robotic surgery2024

AI solutions for overcoming delays in telesurgery and telementoring to enhance surgical practice and education.

Yang Li, Nicholas Raison, Sebastien Ourselin, Toktam Mahmoodi, Prokar Dasgupta, Alejandro Granados

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Review in Journal of robotic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. System-level evaluation of 5G standalone communication infrastructure for robotic telesurgery.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2026
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  7. Surgery for interplanetary space missions.The British journal of surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yang LiSurgical and Interventional Engineering, King's College London, London, UK.
Nicholas RaisonSurgical and Interventional Engineering, King's College London, London, UK.
Sebastien OurselinSurgical and Interventional Engineering, King's College London, London, UK.
Toktam MahmoodiDepartment of Engineering, King's College London, London, UK.
Prokar DasguptaSurgical and Interventional Engineering, King's College London, London, UK.
Alejandro GranadosSurgical and Interventional Engineering, King's College London, London, UK. alejandro.granados@kcl.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering WT203148/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool in surgery, particularly in telesurgery and telementoring. However, its potential to enhance data transmission efficiency and reliability in these fields remains unclear. While previous reviews have explored the general applications of telesurgery and telementoring in specific surgical contexts, this review uniquely focuses on AI models designed to optimise data transmission and mitigate delays. We conducted a comprehensive literature search on PubMed and IEEE Xplore for studies published in English between 2010 and 2023, focusing on AI-driven, surgery-related, telemedicine, and delay-related research. This review includes methodologies from journals, conferences, and symposiums. Our analysis identified a total of twelve AI studies that focus on optimising network resources, enhancing edge computing, and developing delay-robust predictive applications. Specifically, three studies addressed wireless network resource optimisation, two proposed low-latency control and transfer learning algorithms for edge computing, and seven developed delay-robust applications, five of which focused on motion data, with the remaining two addressing visual and haptic data. These advancements lay the foundation for a truly holistic and context-aware telesurgical experience, significantly transforming remote surgical practice and education. By mapping the current role of AI in addressing delay-related challenges, this review highlights the pressing need for collaborative research to drive the evolution of telesurgery and telementoring in modern robotic surgery.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceTelemedicineAlgorithmsHumansMentoringRobotic Surgical ProceduresArtificial intelligenceSurgical educationTelementoringTelesurgery

Identifiers

PMID39527379
PMCPMC11554828

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