Social implementation of a remote surgery system in Japan: a field experiment using a newly developed surgical robot via a commercial network release_lhxzcbo5bzfnthmzyu6jzqj2n4

by Hajime Morohashi, Kenichi Hakamada, Takahiro Kanno, Kenji Kawashima, Harue Akasaka, Yuma Ebihara, Eiji Oki, Satoshi Hirano, Masaki Mori

Published in Surgery today (Print) by Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

2021   Volume 52, Issue 4, p705-714

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Purpose</jats:title> In recent years, the expectations for telesurgery have grown with the development of robot-assisted surgical technology and advances in communication technology. To verify the feasibility of the social implementation of telesurgery, we evaluated the communication integrity, availability, and communication delay of robotic surgery by remote control under different communication conditions of commercial lines. </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> A commercial line was used to connect hospitals 150 km apart. We had prepared guaranteed-type lines (1Gbps, 10Mbps, 5Mbps) and best effort-type lines. Two types of robotic teleoperations were performed, and we evaluated the round-trip time (RTT) of communication, packet loss, and glass-to-glass time. </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> The communication delay was 4 ms for the guaranteed-type line and 10 ms for the best effort-type line. Packet loss occurred on the 5 Mbps guaranteed-type line. The mean glass-to-glass time was 92 ms for the guaranteed-type line and 95 ms for the best effort-type line. There was no significant difference in the number of errors in the task according to the type of line or the bandwidth speed. </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> The social implementation of telesurgery using the currently available commercial communication network is feasible. </jats:sec>
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