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ReviewJournal of robotic surgery2025

Best practices in telesurgery: framework and recommendations from the society of robotic surgery (SRS) for safe and effective implementation.

Vipul Patel, Shady Saikali, Louis Kavoussi, Raymond Leveillee, David Albala, Eduardo Parra-Davila, Travis Rogers, Yu Ozawa, Rohan Sharma, Kenneth Palmer and 21 more

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Review in Journal of robotic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  12. Telesurgery in Brazil: Opportunities, Responsibilities, and the Path Ahead.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors.

Vipul PatelAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA.
Shady SaikaliAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA. shadysaikali@gmail.com.
Louis KavoussiNorthwell Health, New York, NY, USA.
Raymond LeveilleeBethesda Hospital, Baptist Health South Florida, Boynton Beach, FL, USA.
David AlbalaDownstate Health Sciences University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Eduardo Parra-DavilaGood Samaritan Medical Center-TENET Health, West Palm Beach, FL, USA.
Travis RogersAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA.
Yu OzawaAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA.
Rohan SharmaAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA.
Kenneth PalmerAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA.
Jeff MarquinezAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA.
Marcelo OrvietoDepartment of Urology, Clinica Alemana, Santiago, Chile.
Adnan SiddiquiDepartment of Neurosurgery, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Jacques MarescauxIRCAD, Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer, Strasbourg, France.
Ajit SachdevaDivision of Education, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, USA.
Riccardo OlivaIRCAD, Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer, Strasbourg, France.
Rafael Ferreira CoelhoUniversity of São Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Bernardo RoccoDepartment of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Chiara SighinolfiDepartment of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Martin RocheHospital for Special Surgery, West Palm Beach, FL, USA.
Martin MartinoAscension St Vincent's, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Sharona RossAdventHealth, Tampa, FL, USA.
Andrew HungDepartment of Urology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Antonello ForgioneIRCAD, Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer, Strasbourg, France.
Ghulam AbbasThoracic Oncology Department, Mon Health Heart and Vascular Center, Elkins, WV, USA.
Xu ZhangDepartment of Urology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Saad AldousariDepartment of Urology, Sabah Al-Ahmad Urology Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Younes AhallalService d'Urologie, Andrologie, Transplantation Rénale, Hôpital Pasteur 2, CHU de Nice, Nice, France.
Vanessa Alvarenga-BezerrGynecologic Oncology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Cathy CorderAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA.
Marcio MoschovasAdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, Kissimmee, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This framework from the Society of Robotic Surgery offers best practices for safe, effective, and ethical telesurgery. It is based on a comprehensive literature review, Delphi consensus process, and an international meeting in Orlando, Florida, in February 2024, involving experts from a variety of domains including surgery, engineering, telecommunications, hospital administration, law, and regulatory affairs. Key areas covered include the global landscape and new models of remote surgical care, technological needs like connectivity and cybersecurity, safety standards, training and credentialing for surgical teams, and scalable implementation models. It also addresses legal and ethical issues, clinical indications, and regional and international regulatory comparisons. This framework aims to be a key reference for institutions, surgical societies, policymakers, and technology developers to promote safe, equitable, and sustainable telesurgery worldwide.

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Robotic Surgical ProceduresTelemedicineDelphi TechniqueHumansPatient SafetySocieties, MedicalBest practicesFrameworkRemote surgeryRobotic surgeryTelesurgery

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