ReviewTranslational lung cancer research2025
Surgery without distance: will 5G-based robot-assisted telesurgery redefine modern surgery?
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Remote robotic urological surgery with the Toumai® System across 25-7,000 km: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis of technical success and reported safety.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Remote robot-assisted renal surgery: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis of real-world evidence.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Implementation and preliminary clinical application of a robotic thoracic telesurgery program in a middle-income country: a structured pathway from simulation to clinical practice.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Telesurgery and remote surgery research: a bibliometric analysis of scientific growth, collaboration, and thematic evolution.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
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- Adjacent-room dual-console Remote Surgical Training (ReST) with takeover capability on the da Vinci Xi: a porcine-model feasibility study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- A decade of progress in orthopaedic telesurgery from concept to clinical feasibility: an evidence based review of robotics, latency science, digital ecosystems, and future remote surgical practice.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Application of 5G technology in remote robotic surgery: a comprehensive assessment of system architecture, clinical benefits, and future challenges.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- 5G remote-controlled snake-arm single-port robotic pneumovesical Cohen ureteroneocystostomy: first animal study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Successful resection of multi-focal lung nodules in a 53-year-old male following preoperative 5G-assisted remote robotic bronchoscopy dye marking: a case report.AME case reports · 2026Article
- Emerging technologies in thoracic surgery: artificial intelligence, robotic-assisted surgery, and telesurgery.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Robotic-Assisted Vascular Surgery: Current Landscape, Challenges, and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Telesurgery across continents: a scoping review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- AI-Augmented autonomous telesurgery: defining the next frontier in intelligent remote surgery.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Telesurgery unleashed: redefining surgical presence in the age of intelligent robotics.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Telemedicine and the European Health Data Space: a new paradigm for healthcare in the EU.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Review
- Digital neurosurgery in the era of intelligent medicine: a scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
The rapid advancement of the 5G technology is catalyzing a paradigm shift in the realm of remote surgery, offering the potential to overcome geographical constraints and to realize optimized allocation of global healthcare resources. We review the evolution of telesurgery, from early pioneering efforts to recent advancements made possible by 5G networks, which offer low latency and high data transfer speeds crucial for real-time surgical operations. Thus, 5G facilitates seamless transmission of control signals, images, and audio, allowing surgeons to perform complex procedures remotely with unprecedented precision. Notable achievements in telemedicine demonstrate the feasibility and safety of this cutting-edge approach. Despite these milestones, challenges such as network reliability, cybersecurity concerns, and the need for standardized global protocols remain critical barriers that impede the broad implementation worldwide. Moreover, ethical considerations surrounding patient autonomy, informed consent, liability assignment, regulatory approval, and data privacy framework in cross-border telesurgery require careful attention. The development of regional robotic surgery centers powered by 5G, alongside advancements in artificial intelligence, holds promise for bridging healthcare disparities and enhancing the precision of remote surgical procedures. As these technologies mature, they have great potential to redefine the landscape of surgery, ushering in an era of more accessible, collaborative, and efficient healthcare delivery worldwide.
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