Expanding Surgical Frontiers Across the Pacific Ocean: Insights from the First Telesurgery Procedures Connecting Orlando with Shanghai in Animal Models.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Telesurgery is as a promising solution to support and deliver advanced health care services to underserved areas. The primary endpoint of our study was to prove the concept of low-latency long-distance connectivity and to describe the feasibility of remote surgery.

Methods

A prospective study was conducted from February 29 to March 1, 2024, in live animal models (porcine) connecting surgeons from Orlando (USA) to the animal laboratory in Shanghai (China) using 5G and Wi-Fi connections, in combination with continental and transpacific fiber. We performed ten radical nephrectomies and two partial nephrectomies in five animals using the MicroPort MedBot robotic platform. Intraoperative and telesurgery connection variables were reported with a descriptiv

SUBMITTER: Patel V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11536033 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature