Robotic telestenting in simulator models

Robotic telestenting in simulator models Robotic telestenting in simulator models: Some time back I had written about “Robotic PCI – Has It Come of Age?” in BMH Medical Journal [1]. The remarkable feature in the PRECISE (Percutaneous Robotically-Enhanced Coronary Intervention) Study was that radiation exposure to the primary operator was 95.2% less [2]. That was a clinical study involving 164 patients at 9 sites. Ryan D Madder, Stacie VanOosterhout, Jessica Parker, Kalyna Sconzert, Yao Li, Nicholas Kottenstette, Abigail Madsen, John-Michael Sungur and Per Bergman have successfully performed telestenting in simulator models from Boston to New York (206 miles) and San Francisco (3085 miles) [1]. Telestenting were attempted over both wired and fifth generation (5G) wireless networks. Procedural success were obtained in 20 consecutive target lesions in the regional model (Boston to New York) and 16 consecutive target lesions in the trans continental model (Boston to San Francisco). Greater latency was noted in transcontinental model compared to regional model over both wired and 5G (p < .001) networks. But perceived latencies were graded as imperceptible in all cases in both models. Mean latency was 121.5 ms on wired network and 162.5 ms on 5G network in the transcontinental models. These were 67.8 ms and 86.6 ms respectively in the regional model. References Johnson Francis. Robotic PCI – Has It Come of Age? BMH Med. J. 2016;3(3):59-60. Ryan D Madder,...
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