Impact of the suboptimal communication network environment on telerobotic surgery performance and surgeon fatigue.
Harue AkasakaKenichi HakamadaHajime MorohashiTakahiro KannoKenji KawashimaYuma EbiharaEiji OkiSatoshi HiranoMasaki MoriPublished in: PloS one (2022)
In remote surgery environments with less than the optimal bandwidth, even when delay time and operability are equivalent, reduced surgical performance occurs from video degradation from packet loss. This may cause increased surgeon fatigue.