An international consensus panel on the potential value of Digital Surgery
Potential benefits of digital technologies in surgery include reducing unwarranted variation in surgical practice, increasing access to surgery and reducing health inequalities. Assessments to consider the value of the entire surgical ecosystem holistically are critical, especially as many digital technologies are likely to interact simultaneously in the operating theatre.
Authors
- Anastasia Chalkidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7519-8774)
- Jamie Erskine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0596-4135)
- Prasanna Sooriakumaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-3961)
- Payam Abrishami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-2938)
- Jean‐Christophe Bernhard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-1699)
- Richard Culbertson
- Matthew Lien
- Anita Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0769-1732)
- Gretchen Purcell Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-8058)
- Jo Carol Hiatt
- Ataru Igarashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6307-6916)
- Joseph Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8901-9212)
- Scott Tackett
- Koon Ho Rha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-7584)
- Giuseppe Turchetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1877-5459)
- Guy J. Maddern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2064-181X)
- Richard A. Charter
Institutions
- American Medical Informatics Association (US)
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (IT)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux (FR)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (GB)
- National Health Care Institute (NL)
- Align Technology (United States) (US)
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital (AU)
- National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (SG)
- Alberta Health (CA)
- Cleveland Clinic London (GB)
- Intuitive Surgical (United States) (US)
- Informa Healthcare (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082875
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.29
Funders
- Intuitive Surgical