Presented by Steen M Hansen, MD at the Emerging Technology Session held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Saturday, March 25, 2017
Keyword(s): 3D topography, bariatric surgery, benchmark, certification, complications, cost savings, in-vivo, instrument, laparoscope, learning curve, masters, metrics, NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine, novel, optical tracking, outcomes, patent, performance, readmission, real-time laparoscopic instrument tracking, reoperation, robotics, safety, skills, technology, tracking, training
Making every surgeon an expert–50 sec NEJM 2014
Current available tracking technologies–1:48
Tool-to-surface tracking data–2:38
Real-time in-vivo metric data–4:30
Dollar value of an expert surgeon–6:15