Robotic surgery in emergency setting: 2021 WSES position paper.
Nicola De' AngelisJim KhanFrancesco MarchegianiGiorgio BianchiFilippo AisoniDaniele AlbertiLuca AnsaloniWalter BifflOsvaldo ChiaraGraziano CeccarelliFederico CoccoliniEnrico CicuttinMathieu D'HondtSalomone Di SaverioMichele DianaBelinda De SimoneEloy Espin-BasanyStefan Fichtner-FeiglJeffry KashukEwout KouwenhovenAri LeppaniemiNassiba BeghdadiRiccardo MemeoMarco MiloneErnest MooreAndrew PeitzmannPatrick PessauxManos PikoulisMichele PisanoFrederic RisMassimo SartelliGiuseppe SpinoglioMichael SugrueEdward TanPaschalis GavriilidisDieter WeberYoram KlugerFausto CatenaPublished in: World journal of emergency surgery : WJES (2022)
Many hospitals are currently equipped with a robotic surgical platform which needs to be implemented efficiently. The role of robotic surgery for emergency procedures remains under investigation. However, its use is expanding with a careful assessment of costs and timeliness of operations. The proposed statements should be seen as a preliminary guide for the surgical community stressing the need for reevaluation and update processes as evidence expands in the relevant literature.