Robotic surgery

Robotic surgery was just a concept 30 years ago, but with the rapid progress of science and technology, the concept has become a reality and achieved great success in clinical practice. The robotic system provides numerous benefits including three-dimensional and magnified imaging, wristed instruments, physiologic tremor filtering, and motion scaling among others. As a result, more surgeons are now able to perform many types of complex procedures across all surgical specialties with more precision, flexibility and control through a minimally-invasive approach than is possible with conventional laparoscopic techniques. As the field continues to expand, the clinical effectiveness of robotic surgery poses a challenge to conventional approaches. Ongoing clinical trials, newer technologic advances, and studies evaluating the comparative effectiveness of robotic surgery to traditional surgical approaches will lead to the further expansion of robotic surgery. In order to recognize the significant growth and advancement of robotic surgery over the past several decades, we hereby welcome original submissions on ‘Robotic surgery’ aiming to present a collection of primary research articles and reviews on the topic. We invite submissions from all aspects of this developing field including but not limited to: Clinical outcomes; Program building and practice management; Machine learning and A.I.; Innovative techniques and approaches; Simulation, Skills, and Training; Performance Metrics; The collection is now open for submissions until 1st April 2022. Please submit directly to BMC Surgery or BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders stating in your cover letter that it is for the “Robotic surgery” collection. Alternatively, you can email your pre-submission queries to the Editor of BMC Surgery at guangde.tu@biomedcentral.com