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Is remote live urologic surgery a reality? Evidences from a systematic review of the literature

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Abstract

Introduction and objectives

The possibility of performing remote-surgery has been the goal to achieve, since the early development of the first surgical robotic platforms. This systematic review aims to analyse the state of the art in the field and to provide an overview of the possible growth of this technology.

Methods

All English language publications on Telementoring and Telesurgery for minimally invasive urologic procedures were evaluated. We followed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses) statement to evaluate PubMed®, Scopus®, and Web of Science™ databases (up to June 2019).

Results

Our electronic search identified a total of 124 papers in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Of these, 81 publications were identified for detailed review, which yielded 22 included in the present systematic review. Our results showed that remote surgery has been under-utilised until today, mostly due to the lack of appropriate telecommunication technologies.

Conclusion

Remote live surgery is a growing technology that is catalyzing incremental interest. Despite not being yet reliable today on a regular basis in its most advanced applications, thanks to the advent of novel data-transmission technologies, telepresence might become a critical educational methodology, highly impacting the global healthcare system

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  1. Department of Urology and Kidney Transplant, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Domenico Veneziano

  2. Department of Urology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA

    Domenico Veneziano

  3. USC Institute of Urology and Catherine and Joseph, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    A. Tafuri, G. Fuchs & G. Cacciamani

  4. Department of Urology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    A. Tafuri

  5. Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

    J. Gomez Rivas

  6. Department of Urology, Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brasil

    A. Dourado

  7. Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

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  8. University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton, UK

    B. K. Somani

  9. University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

    N. Marino

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Veneziano, D., Tafuri, A., Rivas, J.G. et al. Is remote live urologic surgery a reality? Evidences from a systematic review of the literature. World J Urol 38, 2367–2376 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-019-02996-0

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