Yuma Ebihara, Satoshi Hirano, Hironobu Takano, Takahiro Kanno, Kenji Kawashima, Hajime Morohashi, Eiji Oki, Kenichi Hakamada, Shigeo Urushidani, Masaki Mori
Although robotic telesurgery is growing in popularity, the benefits of telesurgery compared to local surgery are unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of robotic tele-cholecystectomy with a commercial line using the Saroa™ (Riverfield, Inc., Tokyo, Japan) system. The operation rooms of the Hokkaido University Hospital and Kushiro City General Hospital were connected using a best effort-type line (1 Gbps), with a distance of 250 km between the two hospitals. In this experimental single-blind randomized crossover trial, eight expert robotic surgeons performed robotic cholecystectomy in an artificial organ model using the Saroa™ system and were randomized to begin with either local surgery or telesurgery...
January 5, 2023: Journal of Robotic Surgery