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. 2020 Oct;38(10):2367-2376.
doi: 10.1007/s00345-019-02996-0. Epub 2019 Nov 7.

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

Domenico Veneziano  1   2 , A Tafuri  3   4 , J Gomez Rivas  5 , A Dourado  6 , Z Okhunov  7 , B K Somani  8 , N Marino  9 , G Fuchs  3 , G Cacciamani  3 ; ESUT-YAUWP Group
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Is remote live urologic surgery a reality? Evidences from a systematic review of the literature

Domenico Veneziano et al. World J Urol. 2020 Oct.

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.

Keywords: Live surgery; Remote; Teleassistance; Telementoring; Telepresence; Telesurgery; Teletraining.

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