TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Automation and the Future of Surgery A1 - Meireles, Ozanan R. A1 - Rus, Daniela A1 - Hashimoto, Daniel A. A2 - Hashimoto, MD, MS, Daniel A. A2 - Meireles, MD, Ozanan R. A2 - Rosman, PhD, Guy Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Artificial Intelligence in Surgery: Understanding the Role of AI in Surgical Practice AB - HIGHLIGHTSAdoption of new technologies in surgery is appropriately slow to allow for the accumulation of evidence to support the use of such technology.In the automotive industry, cars are defined by 6 levels of automation ranging from no automation to full automation, and automation for surgical robots can similarly be considered on 6 levels.Important considerations for the implementation of autonomous surgical robots include patient safety, cost, surgical education, and surgical credentialing.A large-scale effort at sharing quantitative operative data, known as the collective surgical consciousness, will likely be needed to enable research that can lead to generalizable results in artificial intelligence–enabled surgery. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180350862 ER -