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Patrone R, Mongardini FM, Conzo A, Cacciatore C, Cozzolino G, Catauro A, Lanza E, Izzo F, Belli A, Palaia R, Flagiello L, De Vita F, Docimo L, Conzo G. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: What Is the Best Surgical Option? J Clin Med 2024; 13:3015. [PMID: 38792555 PMCID: PMC11121769 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13103015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Background: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) represent a rare subset of pancreatic cancer. Functional tumors cause hormonal changes and clinical syndromes, while non-functional ones are often diagnosed late. Surgical management needs multidisciplinary planning, involving enucleation, distal pancreatectomy with or without spleen preservation, central pancreatectomy, pancreaticoduodenectomy or total pancreatectomy. Minimally invasive approaches have increased in the last decade compared to the open technique. The aim of this study was to analyze the current diagnostic and surgical trends for pNETs, to identify better interventions and their outcomes. Methods: The study adhered to the PRISMA guidelines, conducting a systematic review of the literature from May 2008 to March 2022 across multiple databases. Several combinations of keywords were used ("NET", "pancreatic", "surgery", "laparoscopic", "minimally invasive", "robotic", "enucleation", "parenchyma sparing") and relevant article references were manually checked. The manuscript quality was evaluated. Results: The study screened 3867 manuscripts and twelve studies were selected, primarily from Italy, the United States, and China. A total of 7767 surgically treated patients were collected from 160 included centers. The mean age was 56.3 y.o. Enucleation (EN) and distal pancreatectomy (DP) were the most commonly performed surgeries and represented 43.4% and 38.6% of the total interventions, respectively. Pancreatic fistulae, postoperative bleeding, re-operation, and follow-up were recorded and analyzed. Conclusions: Enucleation shows better postoperative outcomes and lower mortality rates compared to pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) or distal pancreatectomy (DP), despite the similar risks of postoperative pancreatic fistulae (POPF). DP is preferred over enucleation for the pancreas body-tail, while laparoscopic enucleation is better for head pNETs.
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- Renato Patrone
- Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.I.); (A.B.); (R.P.); (L.D.); (G.C.)
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- Division of General, Oncological, Mini-Invasive and Obesity Surgery, University of Study of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (F.M.M.); (A.C.); (C.C.); (G.C.); (A.C.); (E.L.); (L.F.)
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- Division of General, Oncological, Mini-Invasive and Obesity Surgery, University of Study of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (F.M.M.); (A.C.); (C.C.); (G.C.); (A.C.); (E.L.); (L.F.)
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- Division of General, Oncological, Mini-Invasive and Obesity Surgery, University of Study of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (F.M.M.); (A.C.); (C.C.); (G.C.); (A.C.); (E.L.); (L.F.)
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- Division of General, Oncological, Mini-Invasive and Obesity Surgery, University of Study of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (F.M.M.); (A.C.); (C.C.); (G.C.); (A.C.); (E.L.); (L.F.)
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- Division of General, Oncological, Mini-Invasive and Obesity Surgery, University of Study of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (F.M.M.); (A.C.); (C.C.); (G.C.); (A.C.); (E.L.); (L.F.)
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- Division of General, Oncological, Mini-Invasive and Obesity Surgery, University of Study of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (F.M.M.); (A.C.); (C.C.); (G.C.); (A.C.); (E.L.); (L.F.)
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- Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.I.); (A.B.); (R.P.); (L.D.); (G.C.)
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- Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.I.); (A.B.); (R.P.); (L.D.); (G.C.)
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- Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.I.); (A.B.); (R.P.); (L.D.); (G.C.)
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- Division of General, Oncological, Mini-Invasive and Obesity Surgery, University of Study of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy; (F.M.M.); (A.C.); (C.C.); (G.C.); (A.C.); (E.L.); (L.F.)
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal and Experimental Medicine ‘F. Magrassi’, Università della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, 80138 Naples, Italy;
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- Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.I.); (A.B.); (R.P.); (L.D.); (G.C.)
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- Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.I.); (A.B.); (R.P.); (L.D.); (G.C.)
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Timmerhuis HC, Jensen CW, Ngongoni RF, Baiocchi M, DeLong JC, Ohkuma R, Dua MM, Norton JA, Poultsides GA, Worth PJ, Visser BC. Postoperative outcomes and costs of laparoscopic versus robotic distal pancreatectomy: a propensity-matched analysis. Surg Endosc 2024; 38:2095-2105. [PMID: 38438677 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-024-10728-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND Minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) has established advantages over the open approach. The costs associated with robotic DP (RDP) versus laparoscopic DP (LDP) make the robotic approach controversial. We sought to compare outcomes and cost of LDP and RDP using propensity matching analysis at our institution. METHODS Patients undergoing LDP or RDP between 2000 and 2021 were retrospectively identified. Patients were optimally matched using age, gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists status, body mass index, and tumor size. Between-group differences were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for continuous data, and the McNemar's test for categorical data. Outcomes included operative duration, conversion to open surgery, postoperative length of stay, pancreatic fistula rate, pseudocyst requiring intervention, and costs. RESULTS 298 patients underwent MIDP, 180 (60%) were laparoscopic and 118 (40%) were robotic. All RDPs were matched 1:1 to a laparoscopic case with absolute standardized mean differences for all matching covariates below 0.10, except for tumor type (0.16). RDP had longer operative times (268 vs 178 min, p < 0.01), shorter length of stay (2 vs 4 days, p < 0.01), fewer biochemical pancreatic leaks (11.9% vs 34.7%, p < 0.01), and fewer interventional radiological drainage (0% vs 5.9%, p = 0.01). The number of pancreatic fistulas (11.9% vs 5.1%, p = 0.12), collections requiring antibiotics or intervention (11.9% vs 5.1%, p = 0.12), and conversion rates (3.4% vs 5.1%, p = 0.72) were comparable between the two groups. The total direct index admission costs for RDP were 1.01 times higher than for LDP for FY16-19 (p = 0.372), and 1.33 times higher for FY20-22 (p = 0.031). CONCLUSIONS Although RDP required longer operative times than LDP, postoperative stays were shorter. The procedure cost of RDP was modestly more expensive than LDP, though this was partially offset by reduced hospital stay and reintervention rate.
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- Hester C Timmerhuis
- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford Prevention Research Center and Departments of Statistics and Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Quality, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Department of Surgery, Stanford Health Care & Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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Seldomridge AN, Rasic G, Papageorge MV, Ng SC, de Geus SWL, Woods AP, McAneny D, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Trends in access to minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancers. HPB (Oxford) 2024; 26:333-343. [PMID: 38087704 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2023.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy (MIPD), including robotic (RPD) and laparoscopy (LPD), is becoming more frequently employed in the management of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), though the majority of operations are still performed via open approach (OPD). Access to technologic advances often neglect the underserved. Whether disparities in access to MIPD exist, remain unclear. METHODS The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was queried (2010-2020) for patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy for PDAC. Cochran-Armitage tests assessed for trends over time. Social determinants of health (SDH) were compared between approaches. Multinomial logistic models identified predictors of MIPD. RESULTS Of 16,468 patients, 80.03 % underwent OPD and 19.97 % underwent MIPD (22.60 % robotic; 77.40 % laparoscopic). Black race negatively predicted LPD (vs white (OR 0.822; 95 % CI 0.701-0.964)). Predictors of RPD included Medicare/other government insurance (vs uninsured or Medicaid (OR 1.660; 95 % CI 1.123-2.454)) and private insurance (vs uninsured or Medicaid (OR 1.597; 95 % CI 1.090-2.340)). Early (2010-2014) vs late (2015-2020) diagnosis, stratified by race, demonstrated an increase in Non-White patients undergoing OPD (13.15 % vs 14.63 %; p = 0.016), but not LPD (11.41 % vs 13.57 %;p = 0.125) or RPD (14.15 % vs 15.23 %; p = 0.774). CONCLUSION SDH predict surgical approach more than clinical stage, facility type, or comorbidity status. Disparities in race and insurance coverage are different between surgical approaches.
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- Ashlee N Seldomridge
- Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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Liu R, Abu Hilal M, Besselink MG, Hackert T, Palanivelu C, Zhao Y, He J, Boggi U, Jang JY, Panaro F, Goh BKP, Efanov M, Nagakawa Y, Kim HJ, Yin X, Zhao Z, Shyr YM, Iyer S, Kakiashvili E, Han HS, Lee JH, Croner R, Wang SE, Marino MV, Prasad A, Wang W, He S, Yang K, Liu Q, Wang Z, Li M, Xu S, Wei K, Deng Z, Jia Y, van Ramshorst TME. International consensus guidelines on robotic pancreatic surgery in 2023. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr 2024; 13:89-104. [PMID: 38322212 PMCID: PMC10839730 DOI: 10.21037/hbsn-23-132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Background With the rapid development of robotic surgery, especially for the abdominal surgery, robotic pancreatic surgery (RPS) has been applied increasingly around the world. However, evidence-based guidelines regarding its application, safety, and efficacy are still lacking. To harvest robust evidence and comprehensive clinical practice, this study aims to develop international guidelines on the use of RPS. Methods World Health Organization (WHO) Handbook for Guideline Development, GRADE Grid method, Delphi vote, and the AGREE-II instrument were used to establish the Guideline Steering Group, Guideline Development Group, and Guideline Secretary Group, formulate 19 clinical questions, develop the recommendations, and draft the guidelines. Three online meetings were held on 04/12/2020, 30/11/2021, and 25/01/2022 to vote on the recommendations and get advice and suggestions from all involved experts. All the experts focusing on minimally invasive surgery from America, Europe and Oceania made great contributions to this consensus guideline. Results After a systematic literature review 176 studies were included, 19 questions were addressed and 14 recommendations were developed through the expert assessment and comprehensive judgment of the quality and credibility of the evidence. Conclusions The international RPS guidelines can guide current practice for surgeons, patients, medical societies, hospital administrators, and related social communities. Further randomized trials are required to determine the added value of RPS as compared to open and laparoscopic surgery.
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- Rong Liu
- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Surgery, Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital, Brescia, Italy
- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Minimal Invasive Hernia Surgery, GEM Hospital and Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of General and Transplant Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery/Division of HBP Surgery & Transplantation, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital and National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei
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- Division of Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam-si, Korea
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- Division of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of General-, Vascular-, Visceral- and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei
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- General Surgery Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of General and Minimal Access Surgery and Robotic Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- EvidenceBased Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Surgery, Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital, Brescia, Italy
- Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Department of Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Morris MX, Song EY, Rajesh A, Asaad M, Phillips BT. Ethical, Legal, and Financial Considerations of Artificial Intelligence in Surgery. Am Surg 2023; 89:55-60. [PMID: 35978473 DOI: 10.1177/00031348221117042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Machine learning systems have become integrated into some of the most vital decision-making aspects of humanity, including hiring decisions, loan applications, and automobile safety, to name just a few. As applications increase in both gravity and complexity, the data quality and algorithmic interpretability of the systems must rise to meet those challenges. This is especially vital for navigating the nuances of health care, particularly among the high stakes of surgical operations. In addition to inherent ethical challenges of enabling a "black box" system to influence decision-making in patient care, the creation of biased datasets leads to biased algorithms with the power to perpetuate discrimination and reinforce disparities. Transparency and responsibility are paramount to the implementation of artificial intelligence in surgical decision-making and autonomous robotic surgery. Machine learning has been permeating health care across diverse clinical and surgical contexts but continues to face sizable obstacles, including apprehension from patients and providers alike. To integrate the technology fully while upholding standard of care and patient-provider trust, one must acknowledge and address the ethical, financial, and legal implications of using artificial intelligence for patient care.
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- Miranda X Morris
- 12277Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.,22957Duke Pratt School of Engineering, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Department of Surgery, 14742Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, 571198University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, 22957University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Department of Surgery, 14742Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, USA
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