Temporal variability of surgical technical skill perception in real robotic surgery

ConclusionThe findings from this research raise questions about the optimal duration of footage needed to be evaluated to arrive at an accurate rating of surgical technical skill for longer procedures. This may imply non-negligible label noise for supervised machine learning approaches. In the future, it may be necessary to report a surgeon ’s skill variability in addition to their mean score to have proper knowledge of a surgeon’s overall skill level.
Source: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery - Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research