Leveraging 5G technology for robotic surgery and cancer care
Abstract
The field of robotic surgery has seen significant advancements in the past few years and it has been adopted in many large hospitals in the United States and worldwide as a standard for various procedures in recent years. However, the location of many hospitals in urban areas and a lack of surgical expertise in the rural areas could lead to increased travel time and treatment delays for patients in need of robotic surgical management, including cancer patients. The fifth generation (5G) networks have been deployed by various telecom companies in multiple countries worldwide. Our aim is to update the readers about the novel technology and the current scenario of surgical procedures performed using 5G technology. In this article, we also discuss how the technology could aid cancer patients requiring surgical management, the future perspectives, the potential challenges, and the limitations, which would need to overcome prior to widespread real‐life use of the technology for cancer care.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Mar 09, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1002/cnr2.1595
Entities
People
- Ashutosh Tewari
- Austen G. Te
- Krunal Pandav
- Nir Tomer
- Sujit S Nair
Organizations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Intuitive Surgical
- National Institutes of Health
- The Rockefeller University
- United States Department of Defense