Robots, aided by AI, are now taking part in surgical procedures. Here's a rundown of the information.
In the world of modern medicine, advancements are being made at an astonishing pace. One such innovation is the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into surgical procedures, a development that is revolutionising the field.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have taken a significant step forward in this area, training a surgical robot to perform a part of a gallbladder removal operation in a simulated setting, with verbal guidance. This marks a crucial milestone in the development of AI-assisted robotic surgery.
Meanwhile, a team from the Chinese University of Hong Kong has developed an AI-automated robotic arm, designed to function as a third hand during surgeries. This arm can assist surgeons with routine tasks like retracting tissue, picking up gauze, and clipping blood vessels, allowing them to focus more on the critical aspects of the operation.
The AI-controlled arm has been tested during a robotic-assisted detachment of a pig's stomach, where it successfully performed four of six clipping attempts. Moreover, the hierarchical surgical robot transformer (SRT-H), developed by the same team, was trained by watching videos of gallbladder surgeries and was able to operate on eight pig gallbladders with 100% accuracy, according to the announcement.
The use of AI in surgery offers several advantages. AI-assisted robotic surgeries have demonstrated a 25% reduction in operating time and a 30% decrease in intraoperative complications compared to manual methods. Surgical precision improved by 40%, and patient recovery times were shortened by an average of 15%, with lower postoperative pain scores.
However, the integration of AI systems into current workflows presents challenges. Experts have identified issues such as ensuring data security, maintaining the accuracy and reliability of the AI system's outputs, and integrating these systems into the existing healthcare infrastructure. Critical questions to consider when writing about AI-assisted robotic surgery include patient safety, timeline for implementation, advantages over standard procedures, cybersecurity, AI hallucinations, and patient comfort.
The potential future of surgery, including the use of AI-assisted robots, is a topic of interest for journalists. In September, a surgeon in Chile used an AI-guided camera during a gallbladder removal operation, a move that signifies the growing acceptance of these technologies in the medical community. The AI-guided camera tracked the surgeon's tools inside the body and adjusted angles, tasks normally provided by a human assistant.
As we look towards the future, it's clear that AI-assisted robotic surgery is poised to play a significant role in the field of medicine. With the global surgical robot market estimated to reach $64.4 billion by 2034, it's an area of medicine that is set to grow exponentially. The benefits of AI-assisted surgery are undeniable, and as these technologies continue to develop, we can expect to see them becoming a standard part of surgical procedures in the not-too-distant future.
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