| Title |
Robotic surgery in public hospitals of Latin-America: a castle of sand?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Urology, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00345-018-2227-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fernando P. Secin, Rafael Coelho, Juan I. Monzó Gardiner, Jose Gadú Campos Salcedo, Roberto Puente, Levin Martínez, Diana Finkelstein, Rair Valero, Antonio León, Daniel Angeloni, José Rozanec, Milton Berger, Leandro Totti Cavazzola, Eliney Ferreira Faria, Roberto Días Machado, Felipe Lott, Franz Campos, Jorge G. Morales Montor, Carlos Sánchez Moreno, Hugo Dávila Barrios |
| Abstract |
There is no information about the evolution of robotic programs in public hospitals of Latin-America. To describe the current status and functioning of robotic programs in Latin-American public hospitals since their beginning to date. We conducted a survey among leading urologists working at public hospitals of Latin-America who had acquired the Da Vinci laparoscopic-assisted robotic system. Questions included: date the program started, its utilization by other services, number and kind of surgeries, surgery paying system, surgery related deaths, occurrence and reasons of robotic program interruptions and its use for training purposes. Medians and 25-75 centiles (IQR) were estimated. Since 2009, there are ten public hospitals of four Latin-American countries that acquired the Da Vinci robotic system. The median number of months robotic programs has been functioning without considering transitory interruption: 43 (IQR 35, 55). Median number of urologic and total surgeries performed: 140 (IQR 94, 168) and 336 (IQR 292, 621), respectively. The corresponding median number of urologic and total surgeries performed per month: 3 (IQR 2, 5) and 8 (IQR 5, 11). Median number of total surgeries performed per year per institution was 94 (IQR 68,123). The median proportion of urologic cases was 40% (IQR 31, 48), ranging from 24 to 66%. Five of ten institutions had their urology programs transitory or definitively closed due to the high burden costs. Adoption and development of robotic surgery in some public hospitals of Latin-America have been hindered by high costs. |
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| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Colombia | 1 | 20% |
| Germany | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
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| Unknown | 48 | 100% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 15% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 10% |
| Researcher | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 15 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 33% |
| Engineering | 3 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 16 | 33% |
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