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Robotic surgery governance structures: a systematic review.

Eoghan Burke¹, Michael Devine², Patricia Harkins³

¹Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. eoghanburke@rcsi.ie.

Journal of Robotic Surgery

|May 15, 2025

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Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) requires robust governance for safe implementation. This review synthesizes international guidelines, offering recommendations for RAS governance committees to ensure patient safety and optimize training.

Area of Science:

Surgical Innovation
Medical Governance
Healthcare Policy

Background:

Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) has grown in popularity since its FDA approval in 2000, offering benefits like enhanced visualization and instrument dexterity.
Despite advantages, RAS complexity poses patient risks, especially during surgeon training and the initial learning curve.
Effective governance is crucial for regulating training, ensuring patient safety, and maximizing the benefits of RAS programs.

Purpose of the Study:

To systematically review and synthesize international evidence on governance structures for robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) programs.
To identify existing guidelines and extract key recommendations for establishing robust RAS governance.
To propose a consensus-based framework for RAS governance committees, addressing composition, meeting frequency, and scope of responsibilities.

Keywords:

Governance structures Privileges Robotic-assisted surgery Training

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Main Methods:

Systematic literature review conducted and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement.
Identification and extraction of key recommendations from all available international guidelines on RAS governance structures.
Consensus-building to formulate recommendations for RAS governance committee composition, meeting frequency, and remit.

Main Results:

This systematic review identified three guidelines providing recommendations for RAS governance structures.
Key recommendations were extracted to form a holistic set of guidelines for RAS program governance.
Consensus was reached on recommendations for governance committee composition, meeting frequency, and remit, including training, credentialing, quality assurance, and professional development.

Conclusions:

Established governance structures are essential for the safe and effective implementation of robotic-assisted surgery programs.
The proposed recommendations for RAS governance committees can serve as a template for developing new and improving existing programs.
Future research should focus on RAS team credentialing and the development of vendor-agnostic training pathways to further enhance safety and standardization.