학술논문
A Delphi consensus statement for digital surgery
Document Type
article
Author
Kyle Lam; Michael D. Abràmoff; José M. Balibrea; Steven M. Bishop; Richard R. Brady; Rachael A. Callcut; Manish Chand; Justin W. Collins; Markus K. Diener; Matthias Eisenmann; Kelly Fermont; Manoel Galvao Neto; Gregory D. Hager; Robert J. Hinchliffe; Alan Horgan; Pierre Jannin; Alexander Langerman; Kartik Logishetty; Amit Mahadik; Lena Maier-Hein; Esteban Martín Antona; Pietro Mascagni; Ryan K. Mathew; Beat P. Müller-Stich; Thomas Neumuth; Felix Nickel; Adrian Park; Gianluca Pellino; Frank Rudzicz; Sam Shah; Mark Slack; Myles J. Smith; Naeem Soomro; Stefanie Speidel; Danail Stoyanov; Henry S. Tilney; Martin Wagner; Ara Darzi; James M. Kinross; Sanjay Purkayastha
Source
npj Digital Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2398-6352
Abstract
Abstract The use of digital technology is increasing rapidly across surgical specialities, yet there is no consensus for the term ‘digital surgery’. This is critical as digital health technologies present technical, governance, and legal challenges which are unique to the surgeon and surgical patient. We aim to define the term digital surgery and the ethical issues surrounding its clinical application, and to identify barriers and research goals for future practice. 38 international experts, across the fields of surgery, AI, industry, law, ethics and policy, participated in a four-round Delphi exercise. Issues were generated by an expert panel and public panel through a scoping questionnaire around key themes identified from the literature and voted upon in two subsequent questionnaire rounds. Consensus was defined if >70% of the panel deemed the statement important and