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Artificial intelligence in improving the outcome of surgical treatment in colorectal cancer
Mihaela Flavia Avram1,2, Daniela Cornelia Lazăr3, Mihaela Ioana Mariş4,5
1Department of Surgery X, 1st Surgery Discipline, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Background:
A considerable number of recent research have used artificial intelligence (AI) in the area of colorectal cancer (CRC). Surgical treatment of CRC still remains the most important curative component. Artificial intelligence in CRC surgery is not nearly as advanced as it is in screening (colonoscopy), diagnosis and prognosis, especially due to the increased complexity and variability of structures and elements in all fields of view, as well as a general shortage of annotated video banks for utilization.
Methods:
A literature search was made and relevant studies were included in the minireview.
Results:
The intraoperative steps which, at this moment, can benefit from AI in CRC are: phase and action recognition, excision plane navigation, endoscopy control, real-time circulation analysis, knot tying, automatic optical biopsy and hyperspectral imaging. This minireview also analyses the current advances in robotic treatment of CRC as well as the present possibility of automated CRC robotic surgery.
Conclusions:
The use of AI in CRC surgery is still at its beginnings. The development of AI models capable of reproducing a colorectal expert surgeon's skill, the creation of large and complex datasets and the standardization of surgical colorectal procedures will contribute to the widespread use of AI in CRC surgical treatment.
