Evolution of robot-assisted general surgery in Greece and Cyprus.

Argyrios IoannidisNikolaos MachairasChristos KoutserimpasEleftherios SpartalisMichael KonstantinidisKonstantinos Konstantinidis

Published in: Journal of robotic surgery (2018)

Robot-assisted general surgery in Greece and Cyprus coincided with a devastating financial crisis. We hereby present the evolution of the technology in this unwelcoming environment, using data provided to us by the official distributor of the Da Vinci platform in these countries.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
public health
electronic health record
high throughput
big data
machine learning
artificial intelligence