Analyzing the influence of expanding multispecialty adoption of robotic surgery on robotic urologic care: A decade-long assessment of two Canadian academic hospitals

CONCLUSIONS: Over the last decade, RAS access by specialty has increased at two Canadian academic centers due to growing multispecialty use. As there was a fixed, single-robotic system at each of the hospital centers, there was a substantial reduction in the number of RAS performed per surgeon over time, as well as a gradual increase in the SWT. The current low number of available robots and unsustainable funding resources may hinder universal patient access to RAS.PMID:38381925 | DOI:10.5489/cuaj.8524

Source: Canadian Urological Association Journal - February 21, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ahmed Ibrahim Imad Matta Ahmed S Zakaria Abdulghani Khogeer Nick Lee Tawfik Elseherbini David Dan Nguyen Nicholas J Corsi David Bouhadana Adel Arezki Anindyo Chakraborty Malek Meskawi Assaad Elhakim Kevin C Zorn Source Type: research