TY - GEN
T1 - Telepresence and telementoring in surgery
AU - Latifi, Rifat
AU - Peck, Kim
AU - Satava, Richard
AU - Anvari, Mehran
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Telesurgical mentoring has evolved as an important subset of telemedicine, yet has remained an underutilized technique when all its potential is considered. As applied to surgery, telementoring is used when an experienced surgeon assists or directs another less experienced surgeon who is operating at a distance. Two- and three-dimensional, video-based laparoscopic procedures are an ideal platform for real-time transmission and thus for applying telementoring to surgery. The images viewed by the operating surgeon can easily be transmitted to a central 'telesurgical mentor' and permit an intraoperative interaction. Several studies have demonstrated the practicality, effectiveness and safety of surgical telementoring. The goal of this application of telemedicine is to improve surgical education and training, expand patient care and improve health care delivery by allowing access to surgical specialists. Eventually, surgical telementoring could assist in the provision of surgical care to underserved areas and potentially facilitate the teaching of advanced surgical skills worldwide.
AB - Telesurgical mentoring has evolved as an important subset of telemedicine, yet has remained an underutilized technique when all its potential is considered. As applied to surgery, telementoring is used when an experienced surgeon assists or directs another less experienced surgeon who is operating at a distance. Two- and three-dimensional, video-based laparoscopic procedures are an ideal platform for real-time transmission and thus for applying telementoring to surgery. The images viewed by the operating surgeon can easily be transmitted to a central 'telesurgical mentor' and permit an intraoperative interaction. Several studies have demonstrated the practicality, effectiveness and safety of surgical telementoring. The goal of this application of telemedicine is to improve surgical education and training, expand patient care and improve health care delivery by allowing access to surgical specialists. Eventually, surgical telementoring could assist in the provision of surgical care to underserved areas and potentially facilitate the teaching of advanced surgical skills worldwide.
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-947-9-200
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-947-9-200
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 2005054185
AN - SCOPUS:16244382525
SN - 1586034235
SN - 9781586034238
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 200
EP - 206
BT - Establishing Telemedicine in Developing Countries
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 1st Intensive Balkan Telemedicine Seminar: From Inception to Implementation: The Future has Just Begun
Y2 - 25 October 2002 through 27 October 2002
ER -