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

Autor: Kenichi Hakamada, Eiji Oki, Harue Akasaka, Yuma Ebihara, Takahiro Kanno, Masaki Mori, Satoshi Hirano, Kenji Kawashima, Hajime Morohashi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Surgery Today. 52:705-714
ISSN: 1436-2813
0941-1291
Popis: Purpose 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. Methods 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. Results 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. Conclusions The social implementation of telesurgery using the currently available commercial communication network is feasible.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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