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Inventing the Future of Surgery

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Surgical innovation relies on patient safety and quality of life, which require a drastic iatrogenic impact reduction. A parallel development toward less invasive approaches has occurred in the field of surgery, interventional radiology, and endoscopy. Minimally invasive techniques provide unquestionable benefits to patients in terms of postoperative outcome. However, those techniques are not intuitive, and extensive training is required to overcome the inherent challenges and to be proficient and consequently to achieve a steep learning curve. Technologies have been developed by computer science and robotics departments, which might improve minimally invasive techniques. A new concept of cyber therapies is emerging through the development of computer and robotic sciences aiming at human–machine integration. Additionally, the convergence of surgery, endoscopy, and interventional radiology toward a hybrid therapeutic modality, namely image-guided minimally invasive procedures, holds promises insofar as they could well maximize benefits in terms of efficacy and iatrogenic impact. In the present manuscript, the mainstays of these new paradigm developments are briefly outlined in light of our experience and vision of the future.

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Acknowledgments

Authors are grateful to Guy Temporal, Christopher Burel, and Lucie Oudot for their assistance in proofreading the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

Jacques Marescaux is the recipient of grants from Karl Storz Endoskope (Tuttlingen, Germany), Covidien (Boulder, Colorado), and Siemens Healthcare. Michele Diana is the recipient of a research grant from Karl Storz Endoskope (Tuttlingen, Germany).

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  1. IRCAD, Institute for Research Against Cancer of Digestive System, 1 Place de l’Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg, France

    Jacques Marescaux & Michele Diana

  2. IHU-Strasbourg, International Institute of Image-Guided Surgery (I3GS), Strasbourg, France

    Jacques Marescaux & Michele Diana

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This editorial follows the keynote lecture given by the first author at the International Surgical Week (ISW), which was held in Helsinki, Finland, August 25–29, 2013.

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Marescaux, J., Diana, M. Inventing the Future of Surgery. World J Surg 39, 615–622 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2879-2

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